Offer the player a temporary inventory while waiting for master

plugins/inventory_sync/module/script/clean_dirty_inventory.lua

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+local inventories = require("modules/inventory_sync/define_player_inventories")
+
+--[[
+
+Take a player with a dirty inventory, create chests with all the items, clear the player,
+put them in ghost mode and mark the inventory as clean.
+
+]]
+
+function clean_dirty_inventory(player)
+    global.inventory_sync.players[player.name].dirty_inventory = false
+
+    local surface = player.surface
+    local position = player.position
+    local character = player.character
+    player.disassociate_character(character)
+    character.die()
+    player.ticks_to_respawn = nil
+    player.teleport(position, surface)
+
+    -- Remove player character
+    local character = player.character
+    player.set_controller {
+        type = defines.controllers.ghost,
+    }
+    if character ~= nil then character.destroy() end
+end
+
+return clean_dirty_inventory