fix(cli): skip workspace policy loading when in home directory (#20054)

packages/cli/src/config/settings.ts

@@ -637,24 +637,8 @@ export function loadSettings(
   const systemSettingsPath = getSystemSettingsPath();
   const systemDefaultsPath = getSystemDefaultsPath();
 
-  // Resolve paths to their canonical representation to handle symlinks
-  const resolvedWorkspaceDir = path.resolve(workspaceDir);
-  const resolvedHomeDir = path.resolve(homedir());
-
-  let realWorkspaceDir = resolvedWorkspaceDir;
-  try {
-    // fs.realpathSync gets the "true" path, resolving any symlinks
-    realWorkspaceDir = fs.realpathSync(resolvedWorkspaceDir);
-  } catch (_e) {
-    // This is okay. The path might not exist yet, and that's a valid state.
-  }
-
-  // We expect homedir to always exist and be resolvable.
-  const realHomeDir = fs.realpathSync(resolvedHomeDir);
-
-  const workspaceSettingsPath = new Storage(
-    workspaceDir,
-  ).getWorkspaceSettingsPath();
+  const storage = new Storage(workspaceDir);
+  const workspaceSettingsPath = storage.getWorkspaceSettingsPath();
 
   const load = (filePath: string): { settings: Settings; rawJson?: string } => {
     try {
@@ -712,7 +696,7 @@ export function loadSettings(
     settings: {} as Settings,
     rawJson: undefined,
   };
-  if (realWorkspaceDir !== realHomeDir) {
+  if (!storage.isWorkspaceHomeDir()) {
     workspaceResult = load(workspaceSettingsPath);
   }
 
@@ -800,11 +784,11 @@ export function loadSettings(
       readOnly: false,
     },
     {
-      path: realWorkspaceDir === realHomeDir ? '' : workspaceSettingsPath,
+      path: storage.isWorkspaceHomeDir() ? '' : workspaceSettingsPath,
       settings: workspaceSettings,
       originalSettings: workspaceOriginalSettings,
       rawJson: workspaceResult.rawJson,
-      readOnly: realWorkspaceDir === realHomeDir,
+      readOnly: storage.isWorkspaceHomeDir(),
     },
     isTrusted,
     settingsErrors,