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Read-only editors for action.yml shows problems as if it were a workflow

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TypeScript
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Description

**Describe the bug**

Some diffs (but not all!) show a load of false positive Problems for `action.yml` treating it as if it were a workflow YAML file.

Possibly this only affects read-only diffs.

**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Open a read-only diff of an `action.yml` file

**Expected behavior**
`action.yml` should be correctly identified as an action not a workflow, in diff views

**Screenshots**

Top: an unaffected diff; bottom: an affected read-only diff

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**Extension Version**
`0.32.3`

**Additional context**
(Originally opened in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/issues/8873 but it affects diffs unrelated to PRs)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by opening a read-only diff for an action.yml file and observe the false-positive Problems. Start by tracing how the extension distinguishes action metadata from workflow YAML in diff views, then verify that the file is identified as an action and no workflow-specific Problems appear.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, typescript, vscode
Domain
ci-cd, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
63/100

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