When a vnode has 'text' property, remove the text node if patched with no 'text'.

snabbdom.js

@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ function init(modules) {
         addVnodes(elm, null, ch, 0, ch.length - 1, insertedVnodeQueue);
       } else if (isDef(oldCh)) {
         removeVnodes(elm, oldCh, 0, oldCh.length - 1);
+      } else if (isDef(oldVnode.text)) {
+        elm.textContent = '';
       }
     } else if (oldVnode.text !== vnode.text) {
       elm.textContent = vnode.text;

test/core.js

@@ -448,6 +448,24 @@ describe('snabbdom', function() {
         patch(vnode1, vnode2);
         assert.deepEqual(map(inner, elm.children), ['One', 'Three']);
       });
+      it('removes a single text node', function() {
+        var vnode1 = h('div', 'One');
+        var vnode2 = h('div');
+        patch(vnode0, vnode1);
+        assert.equal(elm.textContent, 'One');
+        patch(vnode1, vnode2);
+        assert.equal(elm.textContent, '');
+      });
+      it('removes a text node among other elements', function() {
+        var vnode1 = h('div', [ 'One', h('span', 'Two') ]);
+        var vnode2 = h('div', [ h('div', 'Three')]);
+        patch(vnode0, vnode1);
+        assert.deepEqual(map(prop('textContent'), elm.childNodes), ['One', 'Two']);
+        patch(vnode1, vnode2);
+        assert.equal(elm.childNodes.length, 1);
+        assert.equal(elm.childNodes[0].tagName, 'DIV');
+        assert.equal(elm.childNodes[0].textContent, 'Three');
+      });
       it('reorders elements', function() {
         var vnode1 = h('div', [h('span', 'One'), h('div', 'Two'), h('b', 'Three')]);
         var vnode2 = h('div', [h('b', 'Three'), h('span', 'One'), h('div', 'Two')]);