From 696aea211ac344c81382258c7dedcc4a5b15014b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Parker Moore <parkrmoore@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:56:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't gather any entries if the collection directory doesn't
 exist

---
 lib/jekyll/collection.rb | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
index 4bee732a..d2d1ae93 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns an Array of file paths to the documents in this collection
     #   relative to the collection's directory
     def entries
+      return Array.new unless exists?
       Dir.glob(File.join(directory, "**", "*.*")).map do |entry|
         entry[File.join(directory, "")] = ''; entry
       end
@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@ module Jekyll
       Jekyll.sanitized_path(site.source, relative_directory)
     end
 
+    # Checks whether the directory "exists" for this collection.
+    # The directory must exist on the filesystem and must not be a symlink
+    #   if in safe mode.
+    #
+    # Returns false if the directory doesn't exist or if it's a symlink
+    #   and we're in safe mode.
+    def exists?
+      File.directory?(directory) && !(File.symlink?(directory) && site.safe)
+    end
+
     # The entry filter for this collection.
     # Creates an instance of Jekyll::EntryFilter.
     #