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index folder too long for windows #5301

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Relevant environment info

- OS: Windows (WSL Dev container)
- Continue version: 1.0.6
- IDE version: VSCode 1.99.3
- Model: n/a
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Description

When attempting to index my codebase in a WSL backed dev container, the indexer fails with a
Generic LocalFileSystem error: Unable to create dir error
digging in, I think it has to do with the length of the folder being created.

Max limit for windows folders is 260 characters, folder attempted to be created is:
vscode-remotedev-container2B7b227265706f7369746f727950617468223a226769744067697465612e6c6f63616c3a7075626c696357616773486f6d652f7267622d6c65642d626f6172642e676974222c22766f6c756d654e616d65223a225f5f554e495155455f5f222c22666f6c646572223a227267622d6c65642d626f617264222c22636c6f6e65496e666f223a7b2275726c546f436c6f6e65223a226769744067697465612e6c6f63616c3a7075626c696357616773486f6d652f7267622d6c65642d626f6172642e676974227d2c22696e7370656374566f6c756d65223a66616c73657dworkspacesrgb-led-boardNONEvectordb_TransformersJsEmbeddingsProviderall-MiniLM-L6-v2500.lance

I attempted to enabled longPathNames, but that appears to have no effect in more recent versions of windows

To reproduce

  1. clone git repo to container volume
  2. witness log error in developer tools logging

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area:indexingRelates to embedding and indexingide:vscodeRelates specifically to VS Code extensionkind:bugIndicates an unexpected problem or unintended behavioros:windowsHappening specifically on Windows

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