From 57f9bfbe0bd9f89a602c5f16bff100af84ae7f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles McGarvey <chazmcgarvey@brokenzipper.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:50:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] validate sent chat to avoid spurious join messages

---
 lib/Chatty/Controller/Chat.pm | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Chatty/Controller/Chat.pm b/lib/Chatty/Controller/Chat.pm
index 911c127..01cb234 100644
--- a/lib/Chatty/Controller/Chat.pm
+++ b/lib/Chatty/Controller/Chat.pm
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ sub view :Chained(room) :PathPart('') :Args(1) {
 	my $name = $c->user->obj->username;
 
 	my $msg = $c->req->param('msg');
-	if ($msg) {
+	if (defined $msg) {
+		return if $msg eq '';
 		$c->model('Meteor')->addMessage($room, "$name: $msg");
 		$c->stash->{json} = \1;
 		$c->forward('View::JSON');
-- 
2.45.2