# Macro shows "This file is empty"

**What you are seeing**

The macro shows "This file is empty".

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## Why it happens

The file really is zero bytes or empty. This message is shown to every viewer, rather than a blank viewer or a stuck diagram skeleton.

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## What to do

Check the file in GitHub. It is genuinely empty at the branch you configured.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                       | **Where**                                                                                         | **What it does**                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Hide GitHub across the whole site | App property \`capable-global-hidden-capabilities\`, object name \`hiddenCapabilities\`, value    | Hides the capability tenant-wide. IMPORTANT: this gates the BYLINE ONLY. The macro module has no display conditions, so hiding the capability does not stop existing GitHub macros from rendering on pages.                  |
| Turn GitHub on or off per space   | Space property \`<APP\_HASH>\_capable\`, object name \`capabilities.alwaysOff\` / \`capabilities. | AlwaysOff suppresses the byline in that space; alwaysOn shows it even on pages with no GitHub macro. Again, byline only. Macros still render.                                                                                |
| Unlicensed and anonymous access   | Not user-configurable                                                                             | Granted on the MACRO module only, for both 'unlicensed' and 'anonymous'. So a reader outside the licence, or logged out entirely, still sees public file content in the degraded read-only branch. But gets no "Github" byli |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                                 | **Value** | **What happens**                                                                                                     |
| ----------------------------------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Public repository search: first page only | \-        | Search runs only when a query is typed and page === 1\. Paging past page 1 shows only the person's own repositories. |
| Image rendering capped at 800px tall      | \-        | \-                                                                                                                   |
| Code viewer capped at 600px tall          | \-        | \-                                                                                                                   |

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## Related

[Branch or a folder entry I expect is missing from the pickerOnly the first 100 branches are ever fetched, with no pagination, and directory listings a](https://help.gocapable.com/git/branch-or-a-folder-entry-i-expect-is-missing-from-the-picker.html)

[Just added a GitHub macro but the page does not appear in search or in the Capable → Github cataloguAll the GitHub search fields come from Confluence's content-property index, written after ](https://help.gocapable.com/git/just-added-a-github-macro-but-the-page-does-not-appear-in-search-or-in-the-github-catalogue.html)

[Something is missing or looks wrongThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/git/something-is-missing-or-looks-wrong.html)

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