fixing settings saving bug

package-lock.json

@@ -18721,9 +18721,9 @@
       }
     },
     "typeconfig": {
-      "version": "2.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typeconfig/-/typeconfig-2.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OnXPXSDaK1mzH6dJ1HB9Q70ruJYngEhemwL9Y8+nG5E40Je4MMODuEY+tfjMtIiFIN772DU5Q+NebulLZNDjpw==",
+      "version": "2.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typeconfig/-/typeconfig-2.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aShKfhwvPQFnMwBBFWsJhl1QQmDsdkx/vs7aKgxbGnLMW7W2djucEPGlUsmK3isMrTJAErmsr5CElacO/YFA6A==",
       "requires": {
         "optimist": "0.6.1"
       }

package.json

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "sqlite3": "4.1.1",
     "ts-exif-parser": "0.1.4",
     "ts-node-iptc": "1.0.11",
-    "typeconfig": "2.0.6",
+    "typeconfig": "2.0.7",
     "typeorm": "0.2.21",
     "winston": "2.4.4"
   },

src/common/config/private/Config.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {ConfigProperty, IConfigClass} from 'typeconfig/common';
   saveIfNotExist: true,
   attachDescription: true,
   enumsAsString: true,
+  softReadonly: true,
   cli: {
     enable: {
       configPath: true,

src/common/config/private/WebConfig.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {WebConfigClass} from 'typeconfig/web';
 import {ConfigProperty, ConfigState} from 'typeconfig/common';
 
 
-@WebConfigClass()
+@WebConfigClass({softReadonly: true})
 export class WebConfig {
   @ConfigState()
   State: any;

src/frontend/app/ui/settings/_abstract/settings-entry/settings-entry.component.ts

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class SettingsEntryComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, Validator,
       (this.state.arrayType === 'string' || this.isNumberArray)) {
       value = value.replace(new RegExp(',', 'g'), ';');
       value = value.replace(new RegExp(' ', 'g'), ';');
-      this.state.value = value.split(';');
+      this.state.value = value.split(';').filter((v: string) => v !== '');
       if (this.isNumberArray) {
         this.state.value = this.state.value.map((v: string) => parseFloat(v)).filter((v: number) => !isNaN(v));
       }

src/frontend/app/ui/settings/indexing/indexing.settings.component.html

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
           name="Exclude Folder List"
           i18n-name
           placeholder="/media/images/family/private;private;family/private"
-          [ngModel]="states.excludeFolderList"
-          required="true">
+          [ngModel]="states.excludeFolderList">
           <small class="form-text text-muted">
             <ng-container i18n>Folders to exclude from indexing</ng-container>
             <br/>
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@
           name="Exclude File List"
           i18n-name
           placeholder=".ignore;.pg2ignore"
-          [ngModel]="states.excludeFileList"
-          required="true">
+          [ngModel]="states.excludeFileList">
           <small class="form-text text-muted">
             <ng-container i18n>Files that mark a folder to be excluded from indexing</ng-container>
             <br/>