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TODO-1.6: note the REST delete-directories limitation on the retired-tree item

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Jason Stedwell
2026-07-03 13:44:52 -05:00
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@@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ they were unwrapped per instruction but repointing them would restore real graph
against retired patterns before letting `leaf-readme` absolve the file), or drop the
seed-README exemption inside retired trees. Add a lint test seeding
`archive/notes/README.md` → must flag `retired-path`.
*Related learning (same cleanup, 2026-07-03):* the REST API **cannot delete
directories** — removing a folder's last file orphans the empty folder on disk
(the REST listing 404s, falsely reading as gone; Obsidian still shows it — manual
deletion required). Documented in `references/api-reference.md` Deleting Files
and in the vault's `resources/references/obsidian-local-rest-api.md`. Any future
"remove retired tree" guidance must include the manual folder-cleanup step.