From 05edc3ee827c09dc0f172b538555c0205a60fa1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mwishoff <mwishoff@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 18:48:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] If out_data is empty then write empty json to harpoon.json.
 Then read it back into out_data.

---
 lua/harpoon/data.lua | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lua/harpoon/data.lua b/lua/harpoon/data.lua
index 9653564..c23f40c 100644
--- a/lua/harpoon/data.lua
+++ b/lua/harpoon/data.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ local function read_data()
     end
 
     local out_data = path:read()
+
+    if not out_data or out_data == '' then
+        write_data({})
+        out_data = path:read()
+    end
+
     local data = vim.json.decode(out_data)
     return data
 end