Whole project directory deleted when removing a package with a non-existent file path

Unity: Packman

2023.2.X

2023.1.X

2022.3.X

2021.3.X

2022.2.X

2020.3.X

Will be fixed in 2022.3 instead of 2022.2

Unity no longer accepts fixes for 2020.3 since it is in its end of life phase.

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project “Package_Uninstall_Bug_Backup“
2. Remove the “com.alex.fakepackage“ package in Package Manager

Expected result: Nothing is deleted since the “com.alex.fakepackage“ package doesn’t exist
Actual result: The whole project directory is deleted

Reproduced with: 2020.3.47f1, 2021.3.26f1, 2022.2.19f1, 2022.3.0f1, 2023.1.0b18, 2023.2.0a17

Reproduced on: macOS 13.0.2 (Intel), macOS 13.3.1 M1 (user reported)