From 5fd50986d5c9a869a1fe54ffecaa6fbdf664dc77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Kim <62267334+anthonykim1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:55:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Minimize execution output when there is no output for new
 REPL  (#23786)

Resolves: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/23520
---
 src/client/repl/replController.ts | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/repl/replController.ts b/src/client/repl/replController.ts
index 86d021cd1c7a..7f11b654c54e 100644
--- a/src/client/repl/replController.ts
+++ b/src/client/repl/replController.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ export function createReplController(
             exec.start(Date.now());
             try {
                 const result = await server.execute(cell.document.getText());
-
-                exec.replaceOutput([
-                    new vscode.NotebookCellOutput([vscode.NotebookCellOutputItem.text(result, 'text/plain')]),
-                ]);
+                if (result !== '') {
+                    exec.replaceOutput([
+                        new vscode.NotebookCellOutput([vscode.NotebookCellOutputItem.text(result, 'text/plain')]),
+                    ]);
+                }
                 exec.end(true);
             } catch (err) {
                 const error = err as Error;