From 4896c725b63ce8e955d6a5e042fc414456dad2ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jdalton <john.david.dalton@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:53:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure `_.escapeRegExp` handles empty strings in a way to
 work with compilation.

---
 lodash.src.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index 2634141b5..e7d242ef7 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -10492,7 +10492,7 @@
       string = baseToString(string);
       return (string && reHasRegExpChars.test(string))
         ? string.replace(reRegExpChars, '\\$&')
-        : string;
+        : (string || '(?:)');
     }
 
     /**