refactor: replace minimatch with picomatch

[hyperz111]

picomatch is faster than minimatch and maybe can be it drop-in replacement. You can check this comparisons.

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request refactors the project's dependency for glob pattern matching, transitioning from minimatch to picomatch. The primary goal of this change is to enhance application performance, as picomatch offers a faster alternative. The modifications encompass updating the project's package dependencies and adjusting the relevant code sections to integrate the new library, ensuring that file and folder exclusion logic benefits from the performance upgrade.

Highlights

• Dependency Swap: The minimatch package has been replaced with picomatch for glob pattern matching functionality.
• Performance Improvement: This change was implemented to leverage picomatch's superior performance, as it is known to be faster than minimatch.
• Codebase Integration: Import statements and function calls in src/lib/fileList.js and src/sidebarApps/searchInFiles/worker.js have been updated to utilize the new picomatch library.
• Dependency Manifest Updates: Both package.json and package-lock.json were updated to reflect the removal of minimatch and the addition of picomatch, alongside other minor dependency metadata adjustments.

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Code Review

This pull request replaces minimatch with picomatch for better performance. While this is a beneficial change, the current implementation has a critical issue. picomatch is not a direct drop-in replacement for minimatch as their API signatures differ. The arguments in the picomatch calls are in the wrong order, which will break the file exclusion logic in both the file list and the search functionality. I've added comments with suggestions to correct the argument order.

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Greptile Overview

Greptile Summary

This PR replaces minimatch with picomatch for pattern matching in file exclusion and search functionality.

Critical Issues:

• The picomatch API is fundamentally different from minimatch and is not a drop-in replacement as suggested
• minimatch(path, pattern, options) returns a boolean directly
• picomatch(pattern, options) returns a matcher function that must be called with the path
• Current implementation has arguments reversed: picomatch(path, pattern, options) which will cause runtime errors
• Both usages in src/lib/fileList.js:314 and src/sidebarApps/searchInFiles/worker.js:240 are incorrect

Required Fix:
Change picomatch(path, pattern, options) to picomatch(pattern, options)(path)

Confidence Score: 0/5

• This PR will cause runtime errors and break file filtering functionality
• The implementation uses an incorrect API that will fail at runtime. The arguments are reversed and picomatch returns a function rather than a boolean, making this not a drop-in replacement for minimatch without code changes.
• Critical attention needed for src/lib/fileList.js and src/sidebarApps/searchInFiles/worker.js - both contain incorrect API usage that will cause runtime errors

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/lib/fileList.js	incorrect picomatch API usage will cause runtime errors - arguments are reversed
src/sidebarApps/searchInFiles/worker.js	incorrect picomatch API usage will cause runtime errors - arguments are reversed

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant FileList as fileList.js
    participant Worker as searchInFiles/worker.js
    participant Matcher as Pattern Matcher
    
    Note over User,Matcher: File Exclusion Flow (fileList.js)
    User->>FileList: Load directory with exclusion patterns
    FileList->>FileList: createChildTree(parent, item, root)
    FileList->>Matcher: picomatch(pattern, options)
    Matcher-->>FileList: Returns matcher function
    FileList->>Matcher: matcher(file.path)
    Matcher-->>FileList: Returns boolean (match result)
    alt File matches exclusion
        FileList->>FileList: Skip file/folder
    else File does not match
        FileList->>FileList: Include file/folder
    end
    
    Note over User,Matcher: Search in Files Flow (worker.js)
    User->>Worker: Search with include/exclude patterns
    Worker->>Worker: Skip.test(file)
    Worker->>Matcher: picomatch(pattern, options)
    Matcher-->>Worker: Returns matcher function
    Worker->>Matcher: matcher(file.path)
    Matcher-->>Worker: Returns boolean (match result)
    alt File should be skipped
        Worker->>Worker: Skip search
    else File should be searched
        Worker->>Worker: Process file for search
    end

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[hyperz111]

@UnschooledGamer, what about this?

[UnschooledGamer]

@UnschooledGamer, what about this?

I'm done with the day. By time I hit bed. @bajrangCoder will be here. Once he checks. We'll merge or reject it depends.