Update minimatch to v10.2.4 and fix NodeJS.Timer type compatibility

[v-abhishera]

Description:

Summary

Updates minimatch from v3.1.5 to v10.2.4 and addresses compatibility issues for Windows path handling and newer @types/node versions.

Changes

• Upgraded minimatch from ^3.1.5 to ^10.2.4
• Removed @types/minimatch devDependency (types are now bundled in minimatch v5+)
• Added windowsPathsNoEscape support across internal.ts, task.ts, and mock-task.ts to preserve Windows backslash-as-path-separator behavior
• Fixed NodeJS.Timer type in toolrunner.ts — replaced deprecated NodeJS.Timer with ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> for compatibility with @types/node@20+
• Version bump to 5.3.0

Why

minimatch v3 is outdated and unmaintained. Starting from v5, minimatch treats \ as a glob escape character instead of a path separator. This breaks Windows path matching (e.g., C:\src\*.js). The windowsPathsNoEscape: true option is now auto-applied on Windows to restore the expected behavior.

The NodeJS.Timer type was deprecated in newer @types/node. Tasks compiled with @types/node@20 or @types/node@24 would encounter type errors when resolving the task-lib's .ts source files.

Backward Compatibility

• No public API changes — all function signatures and return types remain the same
• windowsPathsNoEscape is only auto-set on Windows when not explicitly provided by the caller
• Existing tasks require zero code changes

Testing

• All 554 tests pass (0 failures, 2 pre-existing pending)
• Verified locally with npm pack from _build/ and tested against DockerV2 and AzureFileCopyV6 task

Risk

Low — On Windows, the new option restores identical behavior to minimatch v3. On Linux/macOS, nothing changed. No existing task sets windowsPathsNoEscape, so the auto-default always applies.

Files Changed

File	Change
package.json	Updated minimatch, removed @types/minimatch, version bump
internal.ts	Added windowsPathsNoEscape to interface, clone function, _getFindInfoFromPattern()
task.ts	Added windowsPathsNoEscape to interface, defaults, match(), findMatch(), filter()
mock-task.ts	Added windowsPathsNoEscape to interface
toolrunner.ts	NodeJS.Timer → ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>

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