To add to @Josh David Miller answer, the following values are considered falsy in angular.
1)An Empty Array
2)An Empty String //Even a space is considered true
3)An Boolean with false
4)undefined
5)null
6) 0
So, David’s answer can be written as,
<div ng-show="items.length">
<div ng-repeat="item in items">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
</div>
or even shorter,
<div ng-show="items">
<div ng-repeat="item in items">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
</div>