From dd1bea52cd46644743aedd599217076e44daeef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Max.-F. Helm" <72731320+Max-F-Helm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:00:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow empty lines in config ini files (#1509)

* Allow empty lines in config files

* Add example comment to ini example in docs/quickstart.md

---------

Co-authored-by: Max-F-Helm <m7t24zklr@relay.firefox.com>
---
 mkdocs/docs/quickstart.md | 1 +
 src/config.cpp            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/quickstart.md b/mkdocs/docs/quickstart.md
index 3813ea0b..fa0fc162 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ cache.files=off
 category.create=pfrd
 func.getattr=newest
 dropcacheonclose=false
+# comments and empty lines are supported
 ```
 
 #### /etc/mergerfs/branches/media/
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index d5408bb4..25ff30e9 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Config::from_stream(std::istream &istrm_,
   while(std::getline(istrm_,line,'\n'))
     {
       line = str::trim(line);
-      if(!line.empty() && (line[0] == '#'))
+      if(line.empty() || (line[0] == '#'))
         continue;
 
       str::splitkv(line,'=',&key,&val);