local repo scan doesn't detect skills

[JTP75]

Brief

proov does not detect skills in powershell for the repos i tested.

Info

• CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
• OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200 26200
• Version: v0.6.9/proov-windows-amd64.exe

Reproduce

1. clone a skills repo (phuryn/pm-skills for example)

git clone https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills

2. scan the repo with proov repo or folder scan types

# using repo
.\proov-windows-amd64.exe repo path\to\pm-skills\

# using folder
.\proov-windows-amd64.exe folder path\to\pm-skills\

3. Proov outputs the following. the path resolution seems correct, but includes the prefix "\\?\".

  Found 0 artifact(s)  (0.0s)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  proov · AI Execution Inventory
  Scanned: \\?\C:\path\to\pm-skills
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  No AI execution artifacts detected.

  Next step: Do nothing

Expected Behavior

proov should be detecting these skills and scanning them. the repo i used here contains many SKILL.md files, though some are buried in subdirectories.

Assessment

i think it's unlikely subdirectories are the issue; it probably has something to do with the "\\?\" prefix. i tried running this against a non-existent path to verify whether the path is invalid:

PS C:\path\to\executable> .\proov-windows-amd64.exe repo this/doesnt/exist
Error: path not found: this/doesnt/exist

as you can tell, the system responds differently for a truly non-existent path. this is a windows-specific bug in how the paths are canonicalized and resolved.

[JTP75]

update: this is not unique to windows + powershell. i run into the same issue with proov in WSL2 Ubuntu 24