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Windows/WSL: 8.3 short-name path components now treated as protected

On Windows and WSL, any path part that looks like an old 8.3 short name now counts as a protected path

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What

Windows can give files and folders an old-style short name, such as PROGRA~1, in what is called the 8.3 format. On Windows and on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, which runs Linux inside Windows), Claude Code's protected-path check now flags any part of a path that looks like one of these short names. A protected path is one Claude Code treats with extra care before touching. An older check that ran only on WSL was removed from this part of the test.

Why

A short name can point to the same place as a long one, so this closes a way for a path to slip past the protected-path check by using the short spelling.

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