MarshallOfSound / MarshallOfSound/electron-devtools-installer

fs.rmdir() deprecated

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Description

When installing devtools extensions in electron 41.1.1, I get this warning thrown in the console:

(node:12656) [DEP0147] DeprecationWarning: In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead

It seems that in downloadChromeExtension.ts, this

await fs.promises.rmdir(extensionFolder, {
  recursive: true,
});

should be changed to this instead

await fs.promises.rm(extensionFolder, {
  recursive: true,
});

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Open downloadChromeExtension.ts and inspect the fs.promises.rmdir call that uses recursive removal. Replace the deprecated operation with the indicated alternative, then verify that installing a DevTools extension no longer emits the DEP0147 warning.

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Tech stack
electron, node.js, typescript
Domain
desktop, tooling
Issue type
Bug
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