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Access SharePoint Online folders from WSL2

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Our company stores all development files on SharePoint Online. Some of these files are required when testing within WSL2. There is no convenient way to share these files with WSL2.

Describe the solution you'd like
Support mapping SharePoint Online folders into the WSL2 namespace.

Describe alternatives you've considered
One workaround we've identified is to manually copy the SharePoint files into a staging folder using Windows Explorer. The staging folder can be accessed via /mnt/c/Subdir/Path/To/StagingFolder. However, whenever any files change in SharePoint, the manual copy has to be repeated.

Additional context
The SharePoint Protocol document has detailed information for the protocols used. Perhaps a C# implementation using Mono could provide a Linux client for SharePoint.

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Research direction

Start with the linked SharePoint Protocol document and the WSL2 namespace described in the issue. Define how SharePoint Online folders would be mapped and how changes would remain available without the manual staging-folder copy; done means supported access from WSL2.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cloud, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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