From b07302cc27f869c66f5cbd8f6aa0b5dcebe70e6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotAShelf <raf@notashelf.dev>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:02:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] handle empty exports gracefully; log in DEBUG level

Signed-off-by: NotAShelf <raf@notashelf.dev>
Change-Id: I9c9914b380cb3fd7f7b7a73cba1e19a76a6a6964
---
 lua/direnv.lua | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/direnv.lua b/lua/direnv.lua
index 927932b..12fc214 100644
--- a/lua/direnv.lua
+++ b/lua/direnv.lua
@@ -237,7 +237,18 @@ M._init = function(path)
       end
 
       vim.schedule(function()
-         local ok, env = pcall(vim.json.decode, obj.stdout)
+         local stdout = obj.stdout or ""
+
+         if stdout == "" then
+            -- direnv exported no changes; nothing to do
+            notify(
+               "direnv export produced no output (no changes)",
+               vim.log.levels.DEBUG
+            )
+            return
+         end
+
+         local ok, env = pcall(vim.json.decode, stdout)
 
          if not ok or type(env) ~= "table" then
             notify("Failed to parse direnv JSON output", vim.log.levels.ERROR)