From ec36a348be008c84fbd13b80d2c2b2eeab983d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dave@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:48:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] comment why we send the empty string

---
 src/components/views/login/PasswordLogin.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/login/PasswordLogin.js b/src/components/views/login/PasswordLogin.js
index 2c125be378..9f855616fc 100644
--- a/src/components/views/login/PasswordLogin.js
+++ b/src/components/views/login/PasswordLogin.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class PasswordLogin extends React.Component {
         ev.preventDefault();
         if (this.state.loginType === PasswordLogin.LOGIN_FIELD_PHONE) {
             this.props.onSubmit(
-                '',
+                '', // XXX: Synapse breaks if you send null here:
                 this.state.phoneCountry,
                 this.state.phoneNumber,
                 this.state.password,