#3456 note: allow empty note files

Signed-off-by: Patrizio Bekerle <patrizio@bekerle.com>

Author: pbek

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # QOwnNotes Changelog
 
+## 26.2.0
+
+- Empty note files are now allowed again and will only result in a warning in the log
+  (for [#3456](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3456))
+
 ## 26.1.15
 
 - Fixed a regression where pressing `Ctrl + Space` to format a markdown table would show

src/entities/note.cpp

@@ -2470,9 +2470,7 @@ void Note::createFromFile(QFile &file, int noteSubFolderId, bool withNoteNameHoo
         // Check file size before reading - skip empty files as they might indicate corruption
         const qint64 fileSize = fileInfo.size();
         if (fileSize == 0) {
-            qWarning() << __func__ << " - Skipping empty file:" << file.fileName();
-            file.close();
-            return;
+            qWarning() << __func__ << " - Opened empty file:" << file.fileName();
         }
 
         QTextStream in(&file);
@@ -2485,7 +2483,7 @@ void Note::createFromFile(QFile &file, int noteSubFolderId, bool withNoteNameHoo
         file.close();
 
         // Verify that we actually read some content
-        if (noteText.isEmpty()) {
+        if (fileSize > 0 && noteText.isEmpty()) {
             qWarning() << __func__ << " - Read empty text from file:" << file.fileName();
             return;
         }