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feat(directory): CODEGRAPH_DIR env var to override the index dir name (#636) (#741)

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Two environments that share one working tree — most concretely Windows
and WSL — can't safely share a single `.codegraph/`: the daemon lockfile
records a platform-specific pid + socket (named pipe vs Unix socket), and
SQLite locking across the WSL2/Windows filesystem boundary is unreliable,
so two daemons over one index risks corruption.

Add a `CODEGRAPH_DIR` env var (default `.codegraph`) that overrides the
per-project data directory name, so each environment keeps its own index
in the same tree (e.g. `CODEGRAPH_DIR=.codegraph-win` on Windows). The
name is resolved live and validated (rejects separators / `..` / absolute,
falling back to the default with a one-time stderr warning). Indexing and
file-watching now skip ANY `.codegraph-*` sibling so neither side trips
over the other's data.

Routes the previously-hardcoded `.codegraph` literals (db path, lockfile,
error log, watcher ignore, file-scan skip, installer) through the
resolver. No extraction-version bump — index content is unchanged.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Colby Mchenry
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@@ -684,6 +684,8 @@ Framework routing is validated the same way, on a canonical app per framework: E
**Missing symbols** — The MCP server auto-syncs on save (wait a couple seconds). Run `codegraph sync` manually if needed. Check that the file's language is supported and isn't inside a `.gitignore`d or default-excluded directory (e.g. `node_modules`, `dist`).
**Sharing one checkout between Windows and WSL** — Don't point both at the same `.codegraph/`: the background-server lock and the SQLite index are tied to the OS that wrote them, and SQLite locking across the WSL2/Windows filesystem boundary is unreliable. Give each side its own index in the same tree by setting `CODEGRAPH_DIR` to a distinct name on one of them — e.g. `CODEGRAPH_DIR=.codegraph-win` on Windows, leaving WSL on the default `.codegraph`. CodeGraph skips any sibling `.codegraph-*` directory when indexing and watching, so the two never trip over each other.
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