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+/**
+ * tracker-utils.mjs — shared helpers for rewriting `data/applications.md` rows.
+ *
+ * The tracker is a markdown table that several scripts mutate in place
+ * (`dedup-tracker.mjs`, `normalize-statuses.mjs`). Keeping the row-rewrite logic
+ * here means a fix lands once instead of drifting between copies.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Rebuild a markdown table row from the cells produced by `line.split('|')`.
+ *
+ * `split('|')` yields a leading empty element (before the opening `|`) and,
+ * when the row ends with a trailing `|`, a trailing empty element too. A naive
+ * `slice(1, -1)` assumes that trailing empty always exists — but a row written
+ * without a trailing pipe (`| 5 | … | note`, still a valid row) keeps its real
+ * last cell (the notes) at the end, so `slice(1, -1)` silently drops it. Here we
+ * drop the leading empty and only drop a trailing element when it is genuinely
+ * empty, preserving every real cell regardless of trailing-pipe style (and
+ * tolerating extra columns like a custom Location).
+ *
+ * @param {string[]} parts - Trimmed cells from `line.split('|').map(s => s.trim())`.
+ * @returns {string} The rebuilt `| a | b | … |` row.
+ */
+export function rebuildRow(parts) {
+  const cells = parts.slice(1);
+  if (cells.length > 0 && cells[cells.length - 1] === '') cells.pop();
+  return '| ' + cells.join(' | ') + ' |';
+}