From ca333bb30618216867096438cbdc4e2c47ab4caf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Reynolds <me@tdreyno.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:29:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] avoid warning with empty frontmatter

---
 .../lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb         | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index 501c899a..06514acd 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions
           content = content.sub(yaml_regex, "")
 
           begin
-            data = YAML.load($1).symbolize_keys
+            data = YAML.load($1) || {}
+            data = data.symbolize_keys
           rescue *YAML_ERRORS => e
             logger.error "YAML Exception: #{e.message}"
             return false