From e69d14b3f3ea6a49b4a7717218f2f635411724bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elena Krippner <elena.krippner@student.uni-augsburg.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:14:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't start the citeproc processor if the input doesn't
 contain citations

---
 render/src/render.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/render/src/render.rs b/render/src/render.rs
index 1ae9da2c..aacc9e11 100644
--- a/render/src/render.rs
+++ b/render/src/render.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     }
 
     fn new(doc: &'a Document, format: OutputFormatKind) -> Self {
+        if doc.citations.is_empty() {
+            return Context {
+                doc,
+                rendered_citations: vec![],
+                footnotes: "".to_string(),
+                bibliography: "".to_string(),
+            };
+        }
         let rendered_citations: Vec<String>;
         let footnotes: String;
         let bibliography: String;