diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index aff0ce343..39f048881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           go mod verify
           go mod download
 
-          LINT_VERSION=1.26.0
+          LINT_VERSION=1.27.0
           curl -fsSL https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/v${LINT_VERSION}/golangci-lint-${LINT_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz | \
             tar xz --strip-components 1 --wildcards \*/golangci-lint
           mkdir -p bin && mv golangci-lint bin/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 0909fa8f7..fa6883834 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ brews:
     folder: Formula
     custom_block: |
       head do
-        url "https://github.com/cli/cli.git"
+        url "https://github.com/cli/cli.git", :branch => "trunk"
         depends_on "go"
       end
     install: |
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index cf0e3cbb1..3693fd6f0 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ var ensureScopes = func(ctx context.Context, client *api.Client, wantedScopes ..
 		}
 		return reloadedClient, nil
 	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, fmt.Sprintf("Warning: gh now requires %s OAuth scopes.", wantedScopes))
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, fmt.Sprintf("Visit https://github.com/settings/tokens and edit your token to enable %s", wantedScopes))
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: gh now requires %s OAuth scopes.\n", wantedScopes)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Visit https://github.com/settings/tokens and edit your token to enable %s\n", wantedScopes)
 		if tokenFromEnv {
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "or generate a new token for the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
 		} else {
diff --git a/internal/config/config_file.go b/internal/config/config_file.go
index 49a2770d3..af2c2d560 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_file.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_file.go
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ func migrateConfig(filename string) error {
 func ParseConfig(filename string) (Config, error) {
 	_, root, err := parseConfigFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			root = NewBlankRoot()
+		} else {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if isLegacy(root) {
diff --git a/internal/config/config_file_test.go b/internal/config/config_file_test.go
index d19130bb5..f921d2c67 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_file_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_file_test.go
@@ -110,14 +110,36 @@ github.com:
 }
 
 func Test_parseConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
-	fileContents := []string{"", " ", "\n"}
-	for _, contents := range fileContents {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("contents: %q", contents), func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer StubConfig(contents, "")()
+	tests := []struct {
+		contents string
+		wantsErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			contents: "",
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			contents: " ",
+			wantsErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			contents: "\n",
+			wantsErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("contents: %q", tt.contents), func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer StubConfig(tt.contents, "")()
 			_, yamlRoot, err := parseConfigFile("config.yml")
-			eq(t, err, nil)
-			eq(t, yamlRoot.Content[0].Kind, yaml.MappingNode)
-			eq(t, len(yamlRoot.Content[0].Content), 0)
+			if tt.wantsErr != (err != nil) {
+				t.Fatalf("got error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if tt.wantsErr {
+				return
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, yaml.MappingNode, yamlRoot.Content[0].Kind)
+			assert.Equal(t, 0, len(yamlRoot.Content[0].Content))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config_type.go b/internal/config/config_type.go
index a57d21dec..85e5c0d4a 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_type.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_type.go
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ func NewConfig(root *yaml.Node) Config {
 }
 
 func NewBlankConfig() Config {
-	return NewConfig(&yaml.Node{
+	return NewConfig(NewBlankRoot())
+}
+
+func NewBlankRoot() *yaml.Node {
+	return &yaml.Node{
 		Kind: yaml.DocumentNode,
 		Content: []*yaml.Node{
 			{
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ func NewBlankConfig() Config {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // This type implements a Config interface and represents a config file on disk.
diff --git a/internal/config/testing.go b/internal/config/testing.go
index 59c2ff212..a49178705 100644
--- a/internal/config/testing.go
+++ b/internal/config/testing.go
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ func StubConfig(main, hosts string) func() {
 	ReadConfigFile = func(fn string) ([]byte, error) {
 		switch path.Base(fn) {
 		case "config.yml":
-			return []byte(main), nil
+			if main == "" {
+				return []byte(nil), os.ErrNotExist
+			} else {
+				return []byte(main), nil
+			}
 		case "hosts.yml":
 			if hosts == "" {
 				return []byte(nil), os.ErrNotExist