2 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts b/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
index c8b4b60a0..34f8c2ad5 100644
--- a/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
+++ b/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
@@ -1322,7 +1322,10 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    * they are. It's always an error to rename anything to a non-empty directory.
    *
    * Requires `allow-read` and `allow-write` permissions. */
-  export function renameSync(oldpath: string, newpath: string): void;
+  export function renameSync(
+    oldpath: string | URL,
+    newpath: string | URL,
+  ): void;
 
   /** Renames (moves) `oldpath` to `newpath`.  Paths may be files or directories.
    * If `newpath` already exists and is not a directory, `rename()` replaces it.
@@ -1339,7 +1342,10 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    * they are. It's always an error to rename anything to a non-empty directory.
    *
    * Requires `allow-read` and `allow-write` permission. */
-  export function rename(oldpath: string, newpath: string): Promise<void>;
+  export function rename(
+    oldpath: string | URL,
+    newpath: string | URL,
+  ): Promise<void>;
 
   /** Synchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as utf8
    *  encoded string. Reading a directory throws an error.
diff --git a/cli/tests/unit/rename_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit/rename_test.ts
index 09633aed7..711b63aa7 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit/rename_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit/rename_test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-import { assert, assertEquals, assertThrows, unitTest } from "./test_util.ts";
+import {
+  assert,
+  assertEquals,
+  assertThrows,
+  pathToAbsoluteFileUrl,
+  unitTest,
+} from "./test_util.ts";
 
 function assertMissing(path: string): void {
   let caughtErr = false;
@@ -41,6 +47,22 @@ unitTest(
 );
 
 unitTest(
+  { perms: { read: true, write: true } },
+  function renameSyncWithURL(): void {
+    const testDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
+    const oldpath = testDir + "/oldpath";
+    const newpath = testDir + "/newpath";
+    Deno.mkdirSync(oldpath);
+    Deno.renameSync(
+      pathToAbsoluteFileUrl(oldpath),
+      pathToAbsoluteFileUrl(newpath),
+    );
+    assertDirectory(newpath);
+    assertMissing(oldpath);
+  },
+);
+
+unitTest(
   { perms: { read: false, write: true } },
   function renameSyncReadPerm(): void {
     assertThrows(() => {
@@ -75,6 +97,22 @@ unitTest(
   },
 );
 
+unitTest(
+  { perms: { read: true, write: true } },
+  async function renameWithURL(): Promise<void> {
+    const testDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
+    const oldpath = testDir + "/oldpath";
+    const newpath = testDir + "/newpath";
+    Deno.mkdirSync(oldpath);
+    await Deno.rename(
+      pathToAbsoluteFileUrl(oldpath),
+      pathToAbsoluteFileUrl(newpath),
+    );
+    assertDirectory(newpath);
+    assertMissing(oldpath);
+  },
+);
+
 function readFileString(filename: string): string {
   const dataRead = Deno.readFileSync(filename);
   const dec = new TextDecoder("utf-8");