Unwanted Group Population

Description

Closed folders have their group populated unnecessarily.

Neovim version

NVIM v0.10.1
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.1725453128

Operating system and version

Linux 6.10.10-arch1-1

Windows variant

No response

nvim-tree version

03ae60313b1138bfed5e5de889cdbf80756e1397

Clean room replication

vim.g.loaded_netrw = 1
vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 1

vim.cmd [[set runtimepath=$VIMRUNTIME]]
vim.cmd [[set packpath=/tmp/nvt-min/site]]
local package_root = "/tmp/nvt-min/site/pack"
local install_path = package_root .. "/packer/start/packer.nvim"
local function load_plugins()
  require("packer").startup {
    {
      "wbthomason/packer.nvim",
      "nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua",
      "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
      -- ADD PLUGINS THAT ARE _NECESSARY_ FOR REPRODUCING THE ISSUE
    },
    config = {
      package_root = package_root,
      compile_path = install_path .. "/plugin/packer_compiled.lua",
      display = { non_interactive = true },
    },
  }
end
if vim.fn.isdirectory(install_path) == 0 then
  print "Installing nvim-tree and dependencies."
  vim.fn.system { "git", "clone", "--depth=1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path }
end
load_plugins()
require("packer").sync()
vim.cmd [[autocmd User PackerComplete ++once echo "Ready!" | lua setup()]]
vim.opt.termguicolors = true
vim.opt.cursorline = true

-- MODIFY NVIM-TREE SETTINGS THAT ARE _NECESSARY_ FOR REPRODUCING THE ISSUE
_G.setup = function()
  require("nvim-tree").setup({
  renderer = {
    group_empty = true,
  }
})
end

Steps to reproduce

: ; mkdir -p foo{1,2,3}/bar/baz
: ; touch foo{1,2,3}/bar/baz/0

Open foo1/bar/baz/0

Refresh

Expected behavior

No change

  ~/src/nvim-tree/r/group-fail│
    foo1/bar/baz            │~
       0                     │~
    foo2                    │~
    foo3                    │~

Actual behavior

foo2 and foo3 are expanded:

  ~/src/nvim-tree/r/group-fail│
    foo1/bar/baz            │~
       0                     │~
    foo2/bar/baz            │~
    foo3/bar/baz            │~

Start with the provided clean-room Neovim setup, create the foo1/foo2/foo3 directory structure, and reproduce the refresh behavior with renderer.group_empty enabled. Trace the refresh and grouped-folder population entry points, then verify that refreshing an open path no longer expands equivalent closed folders such as foo2 and foo3.