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Truncating a file to empty is no longer skipped

You'll notice
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File Writes

Truncating a file to empty now actually empties it instead of doing nothing.

What

The append helper previously routed to the storage backend only when there was content to write, so a write in truncating mode with an empty payload did nothing. It now routes on mode as well, and the file is emptied as asked.

Evidence

r === "w" || t.length > 0

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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