From 53b9c0908e53656996bd58cf4e84a44bcddf31fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Navarro <pnavarro@netflix.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 17:05:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Windows, avoid encoding empty data to the clipboard

Do not attempt to convert null data to clipboard format and exit
early
---
 src/lib/platform/MSWindowsClipboard.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsClipboard.cpp b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsClipboard.cpp
index a4740e576..4efe71a88 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsClipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsClipboard.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ bool MSWindowsClipboard::empty()
 
 void MSWindowsClipboard::add(EFormat format, const String &data)
 {
+  // exit early if there is no data to prevent spurious "failed to convert clipboard data" errors
+  if (data.empty()) {
+    LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "not adding 0 bytes to clipboard format: %d", format));
+    return;
+  }
   bool isSucceeded = false;
   // convert data to win32 form
   for (ConverterList::const_iterator index = m_converters.begin(); index != m_converters.end(); ++index) {