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│ │ │ - Add is_data_empty property to check if node contains data variables with actual data │ │ - Add prune() method to remove empty nodes while preserving tree structure │ │ - Include comprehensive tests covering basic pruning, intermediate nodes, and filtering scenarios │ │ - Useful for cleaning up DataTree after time-based filtering operations
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Co-authored-by: Tom Nicholas <tom@earthmover.io>
Co-authored-by: Tom Nicholas <tom@earthmover.io>
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Can you also add a sentence to the end of this section of the documentation just saying something like "If you want to filter out empty nodes you can use .prune()", with a link to the API docs.
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