From 18f3d7660357d352b20e9e20484f77a9b3e3659e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Parker Moore <parkrmoore@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:59:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure Post#excerpt_separator always returns a string.

---
 lib/jekyll/post.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index c94d66b6..384a10ee 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns the post excerpt_separator
     def excerpt_separator
-      data.fetch('excerpt_separator') { site.config['excerpt_separator'].to_s }
+      (data['excerpt_separator'] || site.config['excerpt_separator']).to_s
     end
 
     # Turns the post slug into a suitable title