Fix workspace findFiles API to properly handle glob patterns

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The vscode.workspace.findFiles() API was not correctly handling glob patterns like **/image.png, returning 0 results instead of finding matching files. This was causing test failures where patterns that should match multiple files across directories were not working.

Root Cause

The issue was in src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostWorkspace.ts line 525, where the old findFiles API was setting:

shouldGlobSearch: query.type === 'include' ? undefined : true,

For the legacy findFiles API (query.type === 'include'), this resulted in shouldGlobSearch: undefined. When this gets passed to the file search engine, undefined is falsy and causes glob patterns to be treated as literal strings instead of glob expressions.

The Fix

Changed the logic to always set shouldGlobSearch: true for both APIs:

shouldGlobSearch: true,

This ensures consistent behavior between the old findFiles() and new findFiles2() APIs, both of which should support glob patterns.

Impact

• ✅ Fixes failing test: vscode API - workspace findFiles
• ✅ Patterns like **/image.png now correctly find files in subdirectories
• ✅ Maintains backward compatibility - no breaking changes
• ✅ Aligns behavior between findFiles() and findFiles2() APIs

Testing

Added comprehensive test coverage to verify:

• shouldGlobSearch is properly set to true for both APIs
• Glob patterns like **/image.png work correctly
• Existing functionality remains unchanged

Fixes #248713.

Warning

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• electronjs.org
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