del is no longer deleting files after updating to v5

[dippas]

I have this gulpfile (simplified for this use case), that I've been using for awhile

//--------- Include references
const gulp = require('gulp'),
    del = require('del'),
    assetsPath = '../Project.Web/Assets/';
// more references here

//--------- Define Paths
const paths = {
    views: {
        index: 'dist/'
    }
}
// more paths here 

//--------- Clean files
function clean(done) {
    del.sync([(`${paths.views.index.dest}**/`, `${assetsPath}**/`)], {
        force: true
    });
    done();
}
// more functions here

//--------- Create tasks 
gulp.task('clean', clean)
// more tasks here

//--------- Dist folders
gulp.task('build', gulp.series('clean', gulp.parallel(otherNotRelevantTasksHere)

//---------Default task
gulp.task('default', gulp.series('build'))

Since I've updated the del package from 4.1.1 to 5.0.0 (or any newer version) the function itself runs but it doesn't delete the folders

I've read a few issues such as #93 or #94 or even #100 , but I couldn't find a solution for this.

Things I've tried:

• make the function async, by using async function
• using return and removing sync form del
• even path.josix.join() but I'm not even using backward-slashes, although I'm in a windows environment.

I would appreciate any help on this because I'd like to keep this package in this project (without to reverse to 4.1.1)

[kevva]

There's a PR with an explanation how to do this #116. Try using one * instead:

del.sync([(`${paths.views.index.dest}*`, `${assetsPath}*`)], {
	force: true
});

[dippas]

@kevva thank you :) I have seen that PR but didn't associate with my issue.

just a note, I had to delete the parenthesis () inside the square brackets [], otherwise it would only delete the last path.

so finally I ended up with this:

del.sync([`${paths.views.index.dest}*`, `${assetsPath}*`], {
    force: true
});