From 78636207ab47ee1e89109975d43ed42e989d2918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Dalool <git@voussoir.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:10:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Treat blank config files as empty dict.

---
 voussoirkit/configlayers.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/voussoirkit/configlayers.py b/voussoirkit/configlayers.py
index 976d5b9..653b22e 100644
--- a/voussoirkit/configlayers.py
+++ b/voussoirkit/configlayers.py
@@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ def load_file(filepath, default_config):
     needs_rewrite = False
 
     if user_config_exists:
-        with path.open('r', encoding='utf-8') as handle:
-            user_config = json.load(handle)
+        content = path.read('r', encoding='utf-8')
+        if not content.strip():
+            user_config = {}
+        else:
+            user_config = json.loads(content)
         (final_config, needs_rewrite) = layer_json(target=final_config, supply=user_config)
     else:
         needs_rewrite = True