feat: add confined symlink-safe directory-tree removal helper
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file_remove_tree_secure() opens the final component O_NOFOLLOW below the
authorized root and recursively wipes it with an fd-relative walk (symlinks are
removed by name, never followed); --force uses it to clear a destination
directory that blocks an incoming regular file.
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@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ int file_open_secure_parent(const char* path, char** leaf_out, bool create_dirs)
bool file_ensure_directory_secure(const char* path);
bool file_directory_exists_secure(const char* path);
bool file_rename_secure(const char* old_path, const char* new_path);
/* Remove the whole directory tree at `path` (confined, symlink-safe). Used by
--force to clear a non-empty destination directory that blocks an incoming
regular file. See the .c for the exact success semantics. */
bool file_remove_tree_secure(const char* path);
/* Open a private 0700 directory (creating it on demand) that must live below
the authorized root. Used for the --temp-dir scratch directory and the
--delay-updates staging directory. */