drive: unlink shared files on delete permission errors - #9864
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…#3998 Shared Google Drive files often cannot be deleted by recipients (403 insufficientFilePermissions). Fall back to removeParents so the file is removed from the visible folder instead of failing the delete.
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Fixes #3998
Problem
Deleting a Google Drive file that was shared with you fails with:
403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file. (insufficientFilePermissions)Drive rejects deleting the owner's object; recipients should unlink it from the folder they can see instead.
Fix
Follows maintainer option 2 from the issue thread:
insufficientFilePermissions, fetch parents andremoveParentsfor the single parentDocs / tests
--drive-shared-with-meTesting