From 927b9206901e01aa5963477e4570d8f17da0ce4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe Dervieux <christophe.dervieux@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:56:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] windows - wait to file to unlock for removal

while removing dir or file, it happens that EBUSY error could happen with file being used and lock. This is a simple way to wait for file to be unlocked, with a fail safe of max try to avoid infinite loop.
---
 src/core/path.ts | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/path.ts b/src/core/path.ts
index 0c691ae031..f7c847d7e5 100644
--- a/src/core/path.ts
+++ b/src/core/path.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import * as ld from "./lodash.ts";
 
 import { getenv } from "./env.ts";
 import { execProcess } from "./process.ts";
+import { isWindows } from "./platform.ts";
 
 export const kSkipHidden = /[/\\][\.]/;
 
@@ -50,8 +51,25 @@ export function safeRemoveSync(
   try {
     Deno.removeSync(file, options);
   } catch (e) {
+    let lastError = e;
+    // WINDOWS ONLY: Retry on windows to let time to file to unlock
+    if (isWindows() && e.code === "EBUSY") {
+      let nTry: number = 1;
+      // high number to prevent infinite loop
+      const maxTry: number = 500;
+      let eCode = e.code;
+      while (eCode === "EBUSY" && nTry <= maxTry) {
+        try {
+          Deno.removeSync(file, options);
+        } catch (e) {
+          lastError = e;
+          eCode = e.code;
+          nTry++;
+        }
+      }
+    }
     if (existsSync(file)) {
-      throw e;
+      throw lastError;
     }
   }
 }