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bug: corrupted subdirectory imports

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Description

🐛 bug report

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Description of the problem

GitHub repos with subdirectories that share the same prefix (i.e. examples/with-next alongside examples/with-next-custom-button) will be imported with a corrupted file directory.

Expected file structure:

pages/
styles/

Actual file structure:

pages/
styles/
with-next-custom-button/
with-next-mint-nft/
with-next-siwe-iron-session/
with-next-siwe-next-auth/

How has this issue affected you? What are you trying to accomplish?

This unexpected commingling import behavior will break imported sandboxes and their build system for affected projects. Large projects with monorepo examples/ directories are the most impacted.

To Reproduce
Link to sandbox: link (optional)

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the import from the linked Cloud Sandbox for rainbow-me/rainbowkit at examples/with-next, then compare the expected pages/ and styles/ structure with the actual extra sibling directories. Trace the repository subdirectory selection and import handling until the shared-prefix behavior is located; done means sibling directories such as with-next-custom-button are no longer included.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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