updated.js

import { isDate, isEmptyObject, isObject, hasOwnProperty } from './utils';

const updatedDiff = (lhs, rhs) => {
  if (lhs === rhs) return {};

  if (!isObject(lhs) || !isObject(rhs)) return rhs;

  const l = lhs;
  const r = rhs;

  if (isDate(l) || isDate(r)) {
    if (l.valueOf() == r.valueOf()) return {};
    return r;
  }

  return Object.keys(r).reduce((acc, key) => {
    if (hasOwnProperty(l, key)) {
      const difference = updatedDiff(l[key], r[key]);

      // If the difference is empty, and the lhs is an empty object or the rhs is not an empty object
      if (isEmptyObject(difference) && !isDate(difference) && (isEmptyObject(l[key]) || !isEmptyObject(r[key])))
        return acc; // return no diff

      acc[key] = difference;
      return acc;
    }

    return acc;
  }, {});
};

export default updatedDiff;