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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+/**
+ * Ensures that a directory is empty.
+ * Deletes directory contents if the directory is not empty.
+ * If the directory does not exist, it is created.
+ * The directory itself is not deleted.
+ * @export
+ * @param {string} dir
+ * @returns {Promise<void>}
+ */
+export async function emptyDir(dir: string): Promise<void> {
+  let items: Deno.FileInfo[] = [];
+  try {
+    items = await Deno.readDir(dir);
+  } catch {
+    // if not exist. then create it
+    await Deno.mkdir(dir, true);
+    return;
+  }
+  while (items.length) {
+    const item = items.shift();
+    if (item && item.path) {
+      await Deno.remove(item.path, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensures that a directory is empty.
+ * Deletes directory contents if the directory is not empty.
+ * If the directory does not exist, it is created.
+ * The directory itself is not deleted.
+ * @export
+ * @param {string} dir
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+export function emptyDirSync(dir: string): void {
+  let items: Deno.FileInfo[] = [];
+  try {
+    items = Deno.readDirSync(dir);
+  } catch {
+    // if not exist. then create it
+    Deno.mkdirSync(dir, true);
+    return;
+  }
+  while (items.length) {
+    const item = items.shift();
+    if (item && item.path) {
+      Deno.removeSync(item.path, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  }
+}