From 6becdc8cc043fc924ddc2aae9c3382cd56ab8f88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Moore <natemoo-re@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:22:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not crash when Markdown has no content (#1702)

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 packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro b/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
index 85bc66d5e..862b3a2d4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
@@ -12,21 +12,27 @@ interface InternalProps extends Props {
 
 let { content, class: className } = Astro.props as InternalProps;
 let html = null;
+let htmlContent = '';
 
 const { privateRenderMarkdownDoNotUse: renderMarkdown } = (Astro as any);
 
 // If no content prop provided, use the slot.
 if (!content) {
   const { privateRenderSlotDoNotUse: renderSlot } = (Astro as any);
-  content = dedent(await renderSlot('default'));
+  content = await renderSlot('default');
+  if (content.trim().length > 0) {
+    content = dedent(content);
+  }
 }
 
-const htmlContent = await renderMarkdown(content, {
-  mode: 'md',
-  $: {
-    scopedClassName: className
-  }
-});
+if (content) {
+  htmlContent = await renderMarkdown(content, {
+    mode: 'md',
+    $: {
+      scopedClassName: className
+    }
+  });
+}
 
 html = htmlContent;
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