Allow configuring custom storage location for cloned repositories

[Copilot]

Users on Windows DevDrive (or any non-default code storage location) had no way to redirect where PolyPilot stores bare repo clones and worktrees — everything went to ~/.polypilot/repos and ~/.polypilot/worktrees, potentially consuming large amounts of profile-directory space.

Changes

ConnectionSettings — new RepoStorageDir property

• Nullable string; null = use default ~/.polypilot
• Persists to settings.json via existing serialization

RepoManager — custom storage dir support

• SetCustomStorageDir(string? path) — applies override, invalidates cached paths
• GetEffectiveStorageDir() — returns the active storage root (testable)
• GetReposDir() / GetWorktreesDir() now resolve under RepoStorageDir when set; state file (repos.json) stays in ~/.polypilot
• SetBaseDirForTesting() also clears _customStorageDir to preserve test isolation

MauiProgram — apply at startup

try { RepoManager.SetCustomStorageDir(ConnectionSettings.Load().RepoStorageDir); } catch { }

Applied before any RepoManager access; failure is non-fatal (falls back to default).

Settings UI — new "Repositories" group

• Text input for custom path + Save button
• Creates the directory if it doesn't exist (surfaces IOException message on failure)
• Applies to RepoManager immediately on save; searchable via keywords repo storage location clone directory path devdrive
• Note in UI: existing repos retain their current BareClonePath; only newly cloned repos use the new location

Tests

• 3 new RepoManagerTests covering SetCustomStorageDir edge cases (null, whitespace, valid path)
• 3 new ConnectionSettingsTests covering RepoStorageDir default and serialization round-trips

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• 192.0.2.1
  • Triggering command: /usr/share/dotnet/dotnet /usr/share/dotnet/dotnet exec --runtimeconfig /home/REDACTED/work/PolyPilot/PolyPilot/PolyPilot.Tests/bin/Debug/net10.0/PolyPilot.Tests.runtimeconfig.json --depsfile /home/REDACTED/work/PolyPilot/PolyPilot/PolyPilot.Tests/bin/Debug/net10.0/PolyPilot.Tests.deps.json /home/REDACTED/work/PolyPilot/PolyPilot/PolyPilot.Tests/bin/Debug/net10.0/testhost.dll --port 46355 --endpoint 127.0.0.1:046355 --role client --parentprocessid 4377 --telemetryoptedin false (packet block)
• imzvsblobprodcus368.vsblob.vsassets.io
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/dotnet dotnet restore --no-dependencies /tmp/codeql-scratch-abbd4936ea2bb08e/dbs/csharp/working/622A4908CDBE24FF535A100F8AC55E4F/missingpackages_workingdir --packages /tmp/codeql-scratch-abbd4936ea2bb08e/dbs/csharp/working/missingpackages /p:DisableImplicitNuGetFallbackFolder=true --verbosity normal --configfile /tmp/codeql-scratch-abbd4936ea2bb08e/dbs/csharp/working/nugetconfig/nuget.config --force (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[Feature request] Allow changing location of cloned repositories</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Description
Allow changing location of cloned repositories, and/or adding already existing repositories to the list

I am using DevDrive to store all my code at D:/, I don't want PolyPilot to store 10s of GB of data to my profile directory.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [Feature request] Allow changing location of cloned repositories #240

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