From 8c0fa52e3356f19bfd18f035244f4f5aa88ff4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "(quasar) nebula" <qznebula@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 20:02:07 -0400
Subject: language: unflattenLanguageSpec: fix dropping own nodes early

recovers many strings!
---
 src/data/language.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/data/language.js b/src/data/language.js
index b8f58efd..3edf7e51 100644
--- a/src/data/language.js
+++ b/src/data/language.js
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ export function unflattenLanguageSpec(flat, reference) {
       }
 
       if (typeof result === 'string') {
-        delete ownNode[firstKey];
+        // When an algorithm faces a corner case, don't rethink the algorithm;
+        // hard-code the right thing to do.
+        if (typeof ownNode[firstKey] === 'object' && empty(restKeys) && ownNode[firstKey]._) {
+          delete ownNode[firstKey]._;
+        } else {
+          delete ownNode[firstKey];
+        }
         return {[firstKey]: result};
       }
 
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