From 60e8630413cf1609147d83397fbf65b2fe2d9042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Frei <freisim93@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:35:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gui: Handle empty path in validation (ref #7379) (#7595)

---
 gui/default/syncthing/core/pathIsSubDirDirective.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gui/default/syncthing/core/pathIsSubDirDirective.js b/gui/default/syncthing/core/pathIsSubDirDirective.js
index 002b1fd20..38674d91f 100644
--- a/gui/default/syncthing/core/pathIsSubDirDirective.js
+++ b/gui/default/syncthing/core/pathIsSubDirDirective.js
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ angular.module('syncthing.core')
                     scope.folderPathErrors.isParent = false;
                     scope.folderPathErrors.otherID = "";
                     scope.folderPathErrors.otherLabel = "";
+                    if (!viewValue) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
                     for (var folderID in scope.folders) {
                         if (folderID === scope.currentFolder.id) {
                             continue;