Group layer feather mask

This will do a full psd.

#target photoshop;
if(documents.length) userMaskFeatherIfZero();
function userMaskFeatherIfZero(){
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), charIDToTypeID( 'NmbL' ));
   ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
   var count = executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID('NmbL')) +1;
try{
    activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
var i = 0; }catch(e){ var i = 1; };
   for(i;i 
         
 
         
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