fix gopls without setting alegogoplsinitoptions (#5059)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lua/ale/lsp.lua b/lua/ale/lsp.lua
index 6c54db126..5df3097ab 100644
--- a/lua/ale/lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/ale/lsp.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ module.start = function(config)
         config.init_options[true] = nil
     end
 
+    -- ensure init_options uses empty_dict if empty
+    if type(config.init_options) == "table"
+    and next(config.init_options) == nil
+    and getmetatable(config.init_options) == nil
+    then
+        config.init_options = vim.empty_dict()
+    end
+
     -- If configuring LSP via a socket connection, then generate the cmd
     -- using vim.lsp.rpc.connect(), as defined in Neovim documentation.
     if config.host then