X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/fa52a730ff3b30c7d2cdd8cd5f9c8c25a0c0a2a5..1c7cdc5760f4096103cdb0fd99bee029bf8bc947:/IkiWiki.pm

diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index bbc857214..40622a5be 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ sub writefile ($$$;$$) { #{{{
 		$writer->(\*OUT, $cleanup);
 	}
 	else {
-		print OUT $content || error("failed writing to $newfile: $!", $cleanup);
+		if (length $content) {
+			print OUT $content || error("failed writing to $newfile: $!", $cleanup);
+		}
 	}
 	close OUT || error("failed saving $newfile: $!", $cleanup);
 	rename($newfile, "$destdir/$file") ||