From 3ea901334d6947ad32403d5348e946b0a6ee8509 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bfahrenfort <bfahrenfort1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:59:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(contentIndex): restore empty file choice

---
 quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
index e29d860b8..cd2741212 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
         var pointer = indexTree
         const dirs = file.data.relativePath?.split("/").slice(0, -1) ?? []
 
+        // If file is blank, don't include it unless specified
+        if (!opts?.includeEmptyFiles || (file.data.text && file.data.text === "")) {
+          continue
+        }
+
         // Skips descent if file is top-level (ex. content/index.md)
         for (var i = 1; i <= dirs.length; i++) {
           // Initialize directories