[FEATURE REQUEST] Run compare as sudo

[mgkwill]

[09:18:51] Start comparing "/home/user1/tmp/image_compare" ↔ "/home/user1/tmp/image_test"
[09:18:51] Scanning "/home/user1/tmp/image_compare"
[09:18:51] Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/home/user1/tmp/image_compare/root'
Error: EACCES: permission denied, scandir '/home/user1/tmp/image_compare/root'

It would be useful to have an option to run compare as sudo. In my case I need to compare two root linux files systems for debug purposes but preserving ownership/permission is important in the debug process, otherwise I would change ownership to the user running the diff. There are other ways to work around this but a "Run as sudo" options in the setting would be really useful.

It seems the relevant code is located here: https://github.com/L13/vscode-diff/blob/b8db366dde70beff47ac5507501f43568b4cd79b/src/services/%40l13/fse.ts#L197C2-L197C12

Perhaps what's suggested here will work: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/35765#issuecomment-714829640

"use Node's child_process to create a new sudo Node process which would request the user password (sudo-prompt module ) and then run the needed fs function e.g. fs.readdir(dirname, (dirError, names) for the specified protected directory."

[L13]

Hi, you can disable "Abort On Error" in the settings. Non readable files and folders will be ignored. If this doesn't work I have to think about it.