core/tools: allow edit_lineno append to an empty file

Appending via edit_lineno required the last line to be read, which made
writing to an empty file impossible (line 0 does not exist). An empty
file has nothing to clobber, so the append needs no prior read.

src/plyngent/tools/file/edit_lineno.py

@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ def _unread_lines_in_range(
     """Lines in ``start_line..end_line`` that were not read with line numbers.
 
     Appending (``start_line == n + 1``) requires the last line to be read, so
-    line numbers stay truthful; the append point itself is not a line.
+    line numbers stay truthful; the append point itself is not a line. An empty
+    file (``n == 0``) has nothing to clobber, so appending needs no read.
     """
     if start_line == n + 1:
-        return [] if n in read_lines else [n]
+        return [] if n == 0 or n in read_lines else [n]
     return sorted(set(range(start_line, end_line + 1)) - read_lines)
 
 

tests/test_tools/test_edit_lineno.py

@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ def test_edit_lineno_requires_all_lines_read(workspace: object) -> None:
     assert "replaced lines 2-3" in out
 
 
+def test_edit_lineno_append_to_empty_file(workspace: object) -> None:
+    """An empty file has nothing to clobber, so appending needs no read."""
+    del workspace
+    _ = call_sync(write_file, "empty.txt", "")
+    _ = reset_lineno_tracker()
+    out = call_sync(edit_lineno, "empty.txt", 1, 1, "first\n")
+    assert "appended" in out
+    assert call_sync(read_file, "empty.txt") == "L1-1\nfirst\n"
+
+
 def test_edit_lineno_append_requires_last_line_read(workspace: object) -> None:
     del workspace
     _ = call_sync(write_file, "ap.txt", "a\nb\nc\n")