Sort file array prior to removing files

index.js

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ module.exports = async (patterns, {force, dryRun, ...options} = {}) => {
 		...options
 	};
 
-	const files = await globby(patterns, options);
+	const files = (await globby(patterns, options))
+		.sort()
+		.reverse();
 
 	const mapper = async file => {
 		if (!force) {
@@ -54,7 +56,11 @@ module.exports.sync = (patterns, {force, dryRun, ...options} = {}) => {
 		...options
 	};
 
-	return globby.sync(patterns, options).map(file => {
+	const files = globby.sync(patterns, options)
+		.sort()
+		.reverse();
+
+	return files.map(file => {
 		if (!force) {
 			safeCheck(file);
 		}

test.js

@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ test('don\'t delete files, but return them - async', async t => {
 	});
 	exists(t, ['1.tmp', '2.tmp', '3.tmp', '4.tmp', '.dot.tmp']);
 	t.deepEqual(deletedFiles, [
-		path.join(t.context.tmp, '2.tmp'),
+		path.join(t.context.tmp, '4.tmp'),
 		path.join(t.context.tmp, '3.tmp'),
-		path.join(t.context.tmp, '4.tmp')
+		path.join(t.context.tmp, '2.tmp')
 	]);
 });
 
@@ -101,8 +101,51 @@ test('don\'t delete files, but return them - sync', t => {
 	});
 	exists(t, ['1.tmp', '2.tmp', '3.tmp', '4.tmp', '.dot.tmp']);
 	t.deepEqual(deletedFiles, [
-		path.join(t.context.tmp, '2.tmp'),
+		path.join(t.context.tmp, '4.tmp'),
 		path.join(t.context.tmp, '3.tmp'),
-		path.join(t.context.tmp, '4.tmp')
+		path.join(t.context.tmp, '2.tmp')
 	]);
 });
+
+// Currently this only testable locally on an osx machine.
+// https://github.com/sindresorhus/del/issues/68
+test.serial('does not throw EINVAL - async', async t => {
+	const nestedFile = path.resolve(t.context.tmp, 'a/b/c/nested.js');
+	const totalAttempts = 200;
+
+	let count = 0;
+	while (count !== totalAttempts) {
+		makeDir.sync(nestedFile);
+
+		// eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+		await del('**/*', {
+			cwd: t.context.tmp,
+			dot: true
+		});
+
+		count += 1;
+	}
+
+	notExists(t, [...fixtures, 'a']);
+	t.is(count, totalAttempts);
+});
+
+test.serial('does not throw EINVAL - sync', t => {
+	const nestedFile = path.resolve(t.context.tmp, 'a/b/c/nested.js');
+	const totalAttempts = 200;
+
+	let count = 0;
+	while (count !== totalAttempts) {
+		makeDir.sync(nestedFile);
+
+		del.sync('**/*', {
+			cwd: t.context.tmp,
+			dot: true
+		});
+
+		count += 1;
+	}
+
+	notExists(t, [...fixtures, 'a']);
+	t.is(count, totalAttempts);
+});