From 97e8c88ce7df2784561480da0ed5a16b78a95659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Trojahn <paul.trojahn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 21:19:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make get_node return NULL for empty NodePaths

Fixes #25292
---
 scene/main/node.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index 04d7107fa40..d217701532e 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -1313,6 +1313,10 @@ Node *Node::_get_child_by_name(const StringName &p_name) const {
 
 Node *Node::get_node_or_null(const NodePath &p_path) const {
 
+	if (p_path.is_empty()) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (!data.inside_tree && p_path.is_absolute()) {
 		ERR_EXPLAIN("Can't use get_node() with absolute paths from outside the active scene tree.");
 		ERR_FAIL_V(NULL);