Fixed issue #970

ThomasBarnekow · ThomasBarnekow · commit 24298059db71 · 2015-02-21T19:02:25.000+01:00
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/TestHelpers/DirectoryHelper.cs b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/TestHelpers/DirectoryHelper.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,19 @@ public static void DeleteDirectory(string directoryPath)
             foreach (string file in files)
             {
                 File.SetAttributes(file, FileAttributes.Normal);
-                File.Delete(file);
+                try
+                {
+                    File.Delete(file);
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}The file '{1}' could not be deleted!" +
+                                                        "{0}Most of the time, this is due to an external process accessing the files in the temporary repositories created during the test runs, and keeping a handle on the directory, thus preventing the deletion of those files." +
+                                                        "{0}Known and common causes include:" +
+                                                        "{0}- Windows Search Indexer (go to the Indexing Options, in the Windows Control Panel, and exclude the bin folder of LibGit2Sharp.Tests)" +
+                                                        "{0}- Antivirus (exclude the bin folder of LibGit2Sharp.Tests from the paths scanned by your real-time antivirus){0}",
+                        Environment.NewLine, Path.GetFullPath(file)));
+                }
             }
 
             foreach (string dir in dirs)
