From 247a2470c09d7454cc4fb857dbe2b919293b46fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Morgenstern <mail@bmorg.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 22:56:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed error with empty shell provisioner

`read` returns nil on empty files, so the call to `valid_encoding` fails.
---
 plugins/provisioners/shell/config.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/shell/config.rb b/plugins/provisioners/shell/config.rb
index 0e4c071d0..dc130d7e3 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/shell/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/shell/config.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                               :path => expanded_path)
           else
             data = expanded_path.read(16)
-            if !data.valid_encoding?
+            if data != nil && !data.valid_encoding?
               errors << I18n.t(
                 "vagrant.provisioners.shell.invalid_encoding",
                 actual: data.encoding.to_s,