// only at bucket level instead.
	opts.VersionSuspended = globalBucketVersioningSys.Suspended(bucket)
	// For directory objects, delete `null` version permanently.
	if isDirObject(object) && opts.VersionID == "" {
		opts.VersionID = nullVersionID
	}

	delMarker, err := parseBoolHeader(bucket, object, r.Header, xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker)
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}

	successRequest0 := encodeResponse(requestList[0])

	deletedObjects := make([]DeletedObject, len(requestList[0].Objects))
	for i := range requestList[0].Objects {
		var vid string
		if isDirObject(requestList[0].Objects[i].ObjectName) {
			vid = ""
		}
		deletedObjects[i] = DeletedObject{
			ObjectName: requestList[0].Objects[i].ObjectName,
			VersionID:  vid,
		}
	}

			oss[index].SetTransitionState(goi.TransitionedObject)
		}

		// All deletes on directory objects needs to be for `nullVersionID`
		if isDirObject(object.ObjectName) && object.VersionID == "" {
			object.VersionID = nullVersionID
		}

		if replicateDeletes {
			dsc = checkReplicateDelete(ctx, bucket, ObjectToDelete{
				ObjectV: ObjectV{

func decodeDirObject(object string) string {
	if HasSuffix(object, globalDirSuffix) {
		return strings.TrimSuffix(object, globalDirSuffix) + slashSeparator
	}
	return object
}

func isDirObject(object string) bool {
	if obj := encodeDirObject(object); obj != object {
		object = obj
	}
	return HasSuffix(object, globalDirSuffix)
}

// Helper method to return total number of nodes in cluster