From 8e17d445ff3b814d6d3c4fba66efd020539ba5f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georg Schwitalla <georg.schwitalla@check24.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:47:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Added a check if config_out was empty

---
 beets/ui/commands.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 49c4b4dc6..2962362a1 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1691,8 +1691,10 @@ def config_func(lib, opts, args):
     # Dump configuration.
     else:
         config_out = config.dump(full=opts.defaults, redact=opts.redact)
-        print_(util.text_string(config_out))
-
+        if config_out != '{}\n':
+            print_(util.text_string(config_out))
+        else:
+            print("Empty Configuration")
 
 def config_edit():
     """Open a program to edit the user configuration.

From 9c1b39a96e96faffd030f04f43539f39dc1a8e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georg Schwitalla <georg.schwitalla@check24.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:56:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] had a slight typo

---
 beets/ui/commands.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 2962362a1..5df0b0c4b 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ def config_func(lib, opts, args):
         if config_out != '{}\n':
             print_(util.text_string(config_out))
         else:
-            print("Empty Configuration")
+            print("Empty configuration")
 
 def config_edit():
     """Open a program to edit the user configuration.

From 3c8afd9a0e3ea684e2b99c4ac03358ced4711f18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georg Schwitalla <georg.schwitalla@check24.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:07:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Added the changelog entry

---
 docs/changelog.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e33299fab..c752f204b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 
 New features:
 
+* When config is printed with no available configuration a new message is printed.
 * :doc:`/plugins/chroma`: Update file metadata after generating fingerprints through the `submit` command.
 * :doc:`/plugins/lastgenre`: Added more heavy metal genres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres to genres.txt and genres-tree.yaml
 * :doc:`/plugins/subsonicplaylist`: import playlist from a subsonic server.

From e898f4396e1dd762602c659dddce305e6347e08e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georg Schwitalla <georg.schwitalla@check24.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:19:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] forgot the second blank line

---
 beets/ui/commands.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 5df0b0c4b..efa6e2e16 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@ def config_func(lib, opts, args):
         else:
             print("Empty configuration")
 
+
 def config_edit():
     """Open a program to edit the user configuration.
     An empty config file is created if no existing config file exists.

From e49ee7c6867227c809ba2cea5f5e05c3b629bc3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sudo-kun <g.schwitalla@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:02:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Removed white-space sensitivity in the if-clause

---
 beets/ui/commands.py | 2 +-
 docs/changelog.rst   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index efa6e2e16..f86984350 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ def config_func(lib, opts, args):
     # Dump configuration.
     else:
         config_out = config.dump(full=opts.defaults, redact=opts.redact)
-        if config_out != '{}\n':
+        if config_out.strip() != '{}':
             print_(util.text_string(config_out))
         else:
             print("Empty configuration")
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c752f204b..cc86b0292 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changelog
 New features:
 
 * When config is printed with no available configuration a new message is printed.
+  :bug: `3779`
 * :doc:`/plugins/chroma`: Update file metadata after generating fingerprints through the `submit` command.
 * :doc:`/plugins/lastgenre`: Added more heavy metal genres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres to genres.txt and genres-tree.yaml
 * :doc:`/plugins/subsonicplaylist`: import playlist from a subsonic server.