Windows: expanding a folder in the tree view locks it and it cannot be deleted

[andreialecu]

This is a now almost two year old issue described in: atom/atom#3365

Relevant line:

tree-view/lib/directory.coffee

Line 154 in 5a9656b

@watchSubscription ?= PathWatcher.watch @path, (eventType) =>

Related:
atom/node-pathwatcher#101
nodejs/node#375

libuv in node apparently fixed this a while ago by adding a recursive flag which supposedly helps with not locking the folder any more:
joyent/libuv#1473 (comment)
Just need to set up the watch at the top level.

Also brackets had a similar issue and they fixed it here:
adobe/brackets#6551

[lee-dohm]

Thanks for all the information. Rather than opening an additional issue, I think we'd like to keep tracking it in the original. I've notified the developers of the information you've shared.

[kumarharsh]

@lee-dohm apparently it's been discovered here that the responsibility for fixing the locking problem is with tree-view, but apparently no new issue was raised. Perhaps this can be reopened?

[Ajedi32]

@lee-dohm To be clear, one of the maintainers of the repository on which the original issue was opened (@50Wliu) has suggested that a new issue be opened here on this repository. Rather than do that, it seems like it'd be better to just reopen this issue instead.