Node.js Buffer Cloning Utility

clone-buffer is a lightweight utility designed to facilitate the creation of independent copies of Node.js `Buffer` objects. Its sole purpose is to take an existing `Buffer` instance and return a new `Buffer` that contains the same byte data but occupies a separate memory region, ensuring that modifications to the clone do not affect the original. The package is currently at its initial and only major release, v1.0.0, published in September 2016. Due to its single-release history and the deprecation of its original `new Buffer()` usage pattern, it should be considered a stable but unmaintained utility. Its key differentiator lies in its focused, single-function API, providing a clear and explicit way to clone buffers, contrasting with manual `Buffer.from(buffer)` or `Buffer.slice().copy()` approaches, offering a more direct and semantically clear way to achieve a deep copy for `Buffer` instances. It avoids common pitfalls of shallow copies, making it safer for operations where data integrity of the original buffer is paramount. The package has no active release cadence and appears to be abandoned, with no updates since its initial publication.