Description of policy is incorrect

[joshspicer]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.98.1
• OS Version: Windows/macOS

Some descriptions fetched in the policy generating script are incorrect.

Steps to Reproduce (in OSS):

1. Run cd build && npm run watch
2. From the root, run node build/lib/policies (or node build/lib/policies win32 if this PR is merged)
3. Note that the files generated in .build/policies/win32/<some-locale> for AllowedExtensions have a description of "No extensions are allowed".

That string is coming from here, and what should be selected is apparently this string - the more friendly:

"Specify a list of extensions that are allowed to use. This helps maintain a secure and consistent development environment by restricting the use of unauthorized extensions. For more information on how to configure this setting, please visit the Configure Allowed Extensions section."

From the local group policy editor

related to #148942

[vs-code-engineering]

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Happy Coding!

[joaomoreno]

@sandy081 It feels like you've adapted the tree-sitter code to catch that description field in defaultSnippets as the setting description, instead of actually providing a description field for the setting itself:

[joaomoreno]

Ah no, I take it back, it's a bug that's been all along in the policy parsing code.