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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Parallelize removeContents for faster bulk deletion#270

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💡 What: Modified CacheCleaner.removeContents to execute directory content deletions concurrently using withThrowingTaskGroup. It uses a sliding window (max 8) and offloads the synchronous FileManager.removeItem calls to GCD (DispatchQueue.global) using continuations.
🎯 Why: Previously, deleting directories with many files (e.g., node_modules, DerivedData) used a sequential for loop calling synchronous removeItem. This resulted in O(N) blocking disk I/O on the thread, slowing down cache evictions and potentially blocking the actor/executor.
📊 Impact: Significantly accelerates bulk deletion of large directories by parallelizing up to 8 filesystem operations simultaneously while explicitly avoiding starvation of the Swift cooperative thread pool.
🔬 Measurement: Observe a substantial reduction in total cleanup time when clearing caches with extremely high file counts, such as Xcode DerivedData or nested Node.js project dependencies.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 3198037499954523536 started by @acebytes

…ing a sliding-window TaskGroup and GCD.

Co-authored-by: acebytes <2820910+acebytes@users.noreply.github.com>
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