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Refactor Code

Context

You are refactoring code in the Superprompt Forge VS Code extension. Refactors should preserve behavior while improving structure, readability, or reducing duplication.

Rules

1. No behavior changes — refactors must not alter user-facing functionality.
2. Follow existing patterns — see .github/copilot-instructions.md for conventions.
3. Check callers — before changing a function signature, find all call sites and update them.
4. Preserve types — don't weaken types (e.g., don't change a specific type to any).
5. Backward compatibility — if an interface changes, update all consumers.
6. Compile check — run npm run compile after refactoring and fix all errors.

Common Refactors in This Project

• Extract pickStash() helper (task 0c) — deduplicate QuickPick fallback in 4 commands.
• execGit() → GitResult (task 0a) — change from throw-on-error to structured return.
• GitService constructor (task 8c-ii) — accept workspaceRoot parameter instead of reading workspaceFolders[0].
• Settings helper (task 8e-ii) — extract getConfig<T>() to avoid repeated getConfiguration calls.

Instructions

1. Identify what you're refactoring and why.
2. Read all files that import/use the code being changed.
3. Make the change in the source.
4. Update all call sites.
5. Verify with npm run compile.

What to refactor