I guess Linux doesn't iterate over folders alphabetically.

pkg/watcher/test/directory_watcher/shared.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'package:scheduled_test/scheduled_test.dart';
 
 import '../utils.dart';
 
 sharedTests() {
   test('does not notify for files that already exist when started', () {
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     writeFile("file.txt", contents: "modified");
     expectModifyEvent("file.txt");
     writeFile("file.txt", contents: "modified again");
     expectModifyEvent("file.txt");
   });
 
   test('notifies even if the file contents are unchanged', () {
     writeFile("a.txt", contents: "same");
     writeFile("b.txt", contents: "before");
     startWatcher();
+
     writeFile("a.txt", contents: "same");
     writeFile("b.txt", contents: "after");
-    expectModifyEvent("a.txt");
-    expectModifyEvent("b.txt");
+    inAnyOrder(() {
+      expectModifyEvent("a.txt");
+      expectModifyEvent("b.txt");
+    });
   });
 
   test('when the watched directory is deleted, removes all files', () {
     writeFile("dir/a.txt");
     writeFile("dir/b.txt");
 
     startWatcher(dir: "dir");
 
     deleteDir("dir");
     inAnyOrder(() {
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       deleteFile("dir/sub");
       renameDir("old", "dir/sub");
       inAnyOrder(() {
         expectRemoveEvent("dir/sub");
         withPermutations((i, j, k)  =>
             expectAddEvent("dir/sub/sub-$i/sub-$j/file-$k.txt"));
       });
     });
   });
 }