Load Search template for an empty search?

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I’ve run into a strange templating issue that seems like it should be simple. WordPress loads the front-page template in response to a blank search query. How can I instruct Sage (somewhere in app.blade.php ?) to return the search template instead?

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Ah ha… It was Soil that seems to have tripped me up. Soil has this method in the NiceSearch class:

function redirect()
{
    global $wp_rewrite;
    if (!isset($wp_rewrite) || !is_object($wp_rewrite) || !$wp_rewrite->get_search_permastruct()) {
        return;
    }

    $search_base = $wp_rewrite->search_base;
    if (is_search() && !is_admin() && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], "/{$search_base}/") === false && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '&') === false) {
        wp_redirect(get_search_link());
        exit();
    }
}
add_action('template_redirect', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\redirect');

I’m not sure why, but this method does not like empty queries. Adding:

    if (get_search_query() === '') {
        return;
    }

allows me to render a search page at \s?= but it would be nicer to render an empty page at \search. Any ideas?

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