Populate TreeView with file system directory structure

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Option #1: Recursive approach:

private void ListDirectory(TreeView treeView, string path)
{
    treeView.Nodes.Clear();
    var rootDirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
    treeView.Nodes.Add(CreateDirectoryNode(rootDirectoryInfo));
}

private static TreeNode CreateDirectoryNode(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
{
    var directoryNode = new TreeNode(directoryInfo.Name);
    foreach (var directory in directoryInfo.GetDirectories())
        directoryNode.Nodes.Add(CreateDirectoryNode(directory));
    foreach (var file in directoryInfo.GetFiles())
        directoryNode.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode(file.Name));
    return directoryNode;
}

Option #2: Non-recursive approach:

private static void ListDirectory(TreeView treeView, string path)
{
    treeView.Nodes.Clear();

    var stack = new Stack<TreeNode>();
    var rootDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
    var node = new TreeNode(rootDirectory.Name) { Tag = rootDirectory };
    stack.Push(node);

    while (stack.Count > 0)
    {
        var currentNode = stack.Pop();
        var directoryInfo = (DirectoryInfo)currentNode.Tag;
        foreach (var directory in directoryInfo.GetDirectories())
        {
            var childDirectoryNode = new TreeNode(directory.Name) { Tag = directory };
            currentNode.Nodes.Add(childDirectoryNode);
            stack.Push(childDirectoryNode);
        }
        foreach (var file in directoryInfo.GetFiles())
            currentNode.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode(file.Name));
    }

    treeView.Nodes.Add(node);
}

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