Merge pull request #7361 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-726…

…8-on-1.x Backport PR #7268 on branch 1.x (fixes #7264: use default `app_dir` when `app_dir == ''`)
jupyterlab · Oct 15, 2019 · e68729b · e68729b
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diff --git a/jupyterlab/commands.py b/jupyterlab/commands.py
@@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ def __init__(self, logger=None, core_config=None, **kwargs):
             kwargs['core_config'] = core_config
         if logger is not None:
             kwargs['logger'] = logger
+
+        # use the default if app_dir is empty
+        if 'app_dir' in kwargs and not kwargs['app_dir']:
+            kwargs.pop('app_dir')
+
         super(AppOptions, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
     app_dir = Unicode(help='The application directory')