Merge branch 'release/3.0.1'

Author: lindyhopchris

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) and [this changelog format](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## [3.0.1] - 2023-04-03
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#29](https://github.com/laravel-json-api/eloquent/pull/29) Avoid unnecessary query when there is no need to count a
+  relationship.
+
 ## [3.0.0] - 2023-02-14
 
 ### Changed

src/QueryBuilder/ModelLoader.php

@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ public function loadMissing($includePaths): self
      */
     public function loadCount($countable): self
     {
-        $counter = new CountableLoader(
-            $this->schema,
-            CountablePaths::cast($countable)
-        );
+        $paths = CountablePaths::cast($countable);
 
-        $this->target->loadCount($counter->getRelations());
+        if ($paths->isNotEmpty()) {
+            $counter = new CountableLoader($this->schema, $paths);
+            $this->target->loadCount($counter->getRelations());
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }