Prevent page exporter from exporting empty repeaters (or prevent import of empty repeaters)

[jlahijani]

When exporting a page that contains a repeater (and multiple repeaters within those repeaters), it will contain information about the repeaters that exist, even if there are no items for a particular repeater.

When importing the page export, it takes an excessive amount of time to import, leading me to believe that it's "initializing" each of those empty repeaters even if there's not data (note: I'm using the "use fewer pages for storage" option as well).

Is it possible to prevent exporting empty repeaters and/or prevent importing empty repeaters?