From dc7edc22cf87644f0f6664775cf5de25ac93f069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Johnson <cj@github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:42:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Loading root view with no url opens an empty buffer

---
 spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee | 1 +
 src/atom/root-view.coffee       | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
index c10ecf959..2e5901bdd 100644
--- a/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ describe "RootView", ->
     describe "when not called with a url", ->
       it "opens an empty buffer", ->
         rootView = new RootView
+        expect(rootView.editors.length).toBe 1
         expect(rootView.activeEditor().buffer.url).toBeUndefined()
 
   describe "focus", ->
diff --git a/src/atom/root-view.coffee b/src/atom/root-view.coffee
index fdc054ff6..7589bfa92 100644
--- a/src/atom/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/root-view.coffee
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class RootView extends View
     if path
       @project = new Project(fs.directory(path))
       @open(path) if fs.isFile(path)
+    else
+      @activeEditor().setBuffer(new Buffer())
 
   open: (path) ->
     @activeEditor().setBuffer(@project.open(path))