Search files by name order of results is incorrect

[mcrampon]

Type: Bug

The order of results is incorrect when searching for files by name. Here is a comparison between VSCode:

and Sublime Text:

The order is much better when including / in the path:

VS Code version: Code 1.93.0 (4849ca9, 2024-09-04T13:02:38.431Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor (12 x 3700)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.93GB (40.31GB free)
Process Argv	--folder-uri=vscode-remote://wsl+Ubuntu/home/mat/dev/sumdog_web --remote=wsl+Ubuntu
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor (12 x 0)
Memory (System)	31.31GB (21.76GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (20)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
erb	Cra	0.0.1
auto-close-tag	for	0.5.15
remote-containers	ms-	0.384.0
remote-wsl	ms-	0.88.3
multi-command	ryu	1.6.0
scala	sca	0.5.8
slim	sia	0.1.2
svg-preview	Sim	2.8.3
haml	vay	1.0.1
json-tools	eri	1.0.2
copilot	Git	1.229.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.20.0
selected-lines-count	gur	1.4.0
terraform	has	2.32.3
rails-rspec-file-toggle	mal	0.0.3
vscode-yaml-sort	Pas	6.5.17
sass-indented	syl	1.8.31
volar	Vue	2.1.6
gitblame	wad	11.0.1
change-case	wma	1.0.0

[TylerLeonhardt]

/duplicate #25925

[vs-code-engineering]

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