Problem

Trying to remove a directory that has been opened in macOS' Finder fails with the following error:

$ cargo +nightly clean gc -Zgc
error: failed to clean entries from the global cache

Caused by:
  failed to sync tracking database

Caused by:
  failed to read path `"~/.cargo/registry/cache/.DS_Store"`

Caused by:
  Not a directory (os error 20)

Same goes for ~/.cargo/registry/src.

The problem is resolved by manually removing the .DS_Store.

Steps

1. Run open ~/.cargo/registry/cache to open the cache directory in Finder.
2. Fiddle around with the subfolders in the Finder (open/close if in list view, move around if in symbol view).
3. Run cargo clean gc -Zgc.

Possible Solution(s)

Perhaps Cargo should ignore the file in it's consistency check?

Notes

Possibly related: #11441.

Version

cargo 1.86.0-nightly (0e3d73849 2025-02-01)
release: 1.86.0-nightly
commit-hash: 0e3d73849ab8cbbab3ec5c65cbd555586cb21339
commit-date: 2025-02-01
host: aarch64-apple-darwin
libgit2: 1.9.0 (sys:0.20.0 vendored)
libcurl: 8.7.1 (sys:0.4.74+curl-8.9.0 system ssl:(SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6)
ssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
os: Mac OS 14.7.1 [64-bit]