From b9699f5c5a9b1f76a7509c333277334dbc2d415d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Stansby <dstansby@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 15:17:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Note that whole directories can be deleted in LocalStore
 (#2606)

---
 src/zarr/storage/local.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/local.py b/src/zarr/storage/local.py
index f9b1747c31..f4226792cb 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/local.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/local.py
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ async def set_partial_values(
         await concurrent_map(args, asyncio.to_thread, limit=None)  # TODO: fix limit
 
     async def delete(self, key: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove a key from the store.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        key : str
+
+        Notes
+        -----
+        If ``key`` is a directory within this store, the entire directory
+        at ``store.root / key`` is deleted.
+        """
         # docstring inherited
         self._check_writable()
         path = self.root / key