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Document possible failures of removing directories on Windows #108

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Document possible failures of removing directories on Windows
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@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ removeDirectory = removePathInternal True
-- symbolic links are removed without affecting their targets.
--
-- On Windows, the operation fails if /dir/ is a directory symbolic link.
--
-- This operation is reported to be flaky on Windows so retry logic may
-- be advisable. See: https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/108
removeDirectoryRecursive :: FilePath -> IO ()
removeDirectoryRecursive path =
(`ioeAddLocation` "removeDirectoryRecursive") `modifyIOError` do
@@ -418,6 +421,9 @@ removeDirectoryRecursive path =
-- | @removePathRecursive path@ removes an existing file or directory at
-- /path/ together with its contents and subdirectories. Symbolic links are
-- removed without affecting their the targets.
--
-- This operation is reported to be flaky on Windows so retry logic may
-- be advisable. See: https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/108
removePathRecursive :: FilePath -> IO ()
removePathRecursive path =
(`ioeAddLocation` "removePathRecursive") `modifyIOError` do
@@ -430,6 +436,9 @@ removePathRecursive path =
-- | @removeContentsRecursive dir@ removes the contents of the directory
-- /dir/ recursively. Symbolic links are removed without affecting their the
-- targets.
--
-- This operation is reported to be flaky on Windows so retry logic may
-- be advisable. See: https://github.com/haskell/directory/pull/108
removeContentsRecursive :: FilePath -> IO ()
removeContentsRecursive path =
(`ioeAddLocation` "removeContentsRecursive") `modifyIOError` do