fix: include Windows directory junctions in project browser

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Summary

• include directory symlinks/junctions in workspace folder browsing when they resolve to directories
• skip legacy Windows profile junction names that otherwise add noisy dead-end entries in the home directory
• add a focused regression test for browsing a symlinked directory

Why

On Windows, OneDrive-backed known folders like Desktop, Documents, and Pictures can appear as reparse points. Node reports those entries as symbolic links from fs.readdir(..., { withFileTypes: true }), so the project browser filtered them out when it only accepted dirent.isDirectory().

This keeps the existing browser behavior, but follows symlink/junction entries with fs.stat and includes them when they resolve to directories.

Testing

• bun fmt
• bun lint (passes with existing warnings)
• bun typecheck
• bun run test -- WorkspaceEntries
• manual browse check: ~/OneDrive/ returns Attachments, Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures, and Public

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Note

Low Risk
Scoped to filesystem browse listing logic with a denylist for known-noisy Windows junctions; no auth or data-path changes.

Overview
Fixes the workspace project browser so folder listings include directory symlinks and Windows junctions (e.g. OneDrive-backed Desktop/Documents), not only entries where readdir reports isDirectory().

Browse now resolves symlink/junction names with fs.stat when needed, still applying prefix/hidden filtering. On Windows it drops legacy profile junction names (Application Data, My Documents, etc.) so the home directory isn’t cluttered with dead-end entries. A regression test asserts a symlinked directory appears alongside the real target when browsing.

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Note

Include Windows directory junctions in project browser

• Adds an isDirectoryEntry helper in WorkspaceEntries.ts that resolves symlinks via fsPromises.stat to treat symlinked directories as directories.
• Excludes a hardcoded set of Windows legacy profile junctions (e.g. Application Data, Local Settings) from browse results.
• Reworks the browse handler to process dirents asynchronously with Effect.forEach (concurrency 16), filtering out entries that fail stat.
• Adds a test verifying that directory symlinks appear alongside real directories in browse results.
• Behavioral Change: browse results now include symlinked directories and omit entries that cannot be stat'ed, which was not the case before.

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Verdict: Approved

Straightforward bug fix that makes directory symlinks and Windows junctions appear in the project browser. The change is well-scoped with defensive handling for legacy Windows junctions and includes a test.

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