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Switch back to using the official `editorconfig` module

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Description

We had previously been using the editorconfig module to parse .editorConfig files. Due to an issue that occurred on some systems, because of a dependency of that module, we removed it in favor of replicating the code we needed:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/12529
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/pull/12579

I also opened a bug against editorconfig core: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-js/issues/128

It looks like that bug is now fixed, so we may be able to switch back to using the editorconfig module.

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Research direction

Search the extension for the replicated .editorconfig parser and the current dependency declarations, then review the linked editorconfig-core-js issue and prior pull request for the original failure and its fix. Done means the official editorconfig module is used again without reproducing the reported system-specific dependency problem, with the existing parsing behavior preserved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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