Fix #2708 -- read data files only if config exists

Signed-off-by: Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com>
getnikola · Mar 31, 2017 · e98c1cf · e98c1cf
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Features
 Bugfixes
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+* Read data files only if Nikola configuration exists (Issue #2708)
 * Make ``PAGE_INDEX`` work with ``PRETTY_URLS`` (Issue #2705)
 * Fix PHP posts/pages not rendering on Windows (Issue #2706)
 

diff --git a/nikola/nikola.py b/nikola/nikola.py
@@ -986,7 +986,9 @@ def __init__(self, **config):
                 self.bad_compilers.add(k)
 
         self._set_global_context_from_config()
-        self._set_global_context_from_data()
+        # Read data files only if a site exists (Issue #2708)
+        if self.configured:
+            self._set_global_context_from_data()
 
         # Set persistent state facility
         self.state = Persistor('state_data.json')