From ea9197c57166da67bd0499a33a4d6e3c06cc03f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Mueller <appgurulars@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:21:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] table.deep_to_add: Don't emit empty subtables

---
 table.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/table.lua b/table.lua
index d1ac960..bd04527 100644
--- a/table.lua
+++ b/table.lua
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ function deep_to_add(table, after_additions)
 	local additions = {}
 	for key, value in pairs(after_additions) do
 		if type(table[key]) == "table" and type(value) == "table" then
-			additions[key] = deep_to_add(table[key], value)
+			local sub_additions = deep_to_add(table[key], value)
+			if next(sub_additions) ~= nil then
+				additions[key] = sub_additions
+			end
 		elseif table[key] ~= value then
 			additions[key] = value
 		end