Foam opens a new note for root-path relative links instead of opening the file

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Reproduction

1. Create a Markdown file that contains a root-path relative link, for example:

[text](/shallow-work/weekly/2025-08-10-gpt-review.md)

1. In VS Code with Foam enabled, Ctrl+Click the link in the preview or editor.

Actual

Foam creates a new note instead of opening the existing file at /shallow-work/weekly/2025-08-10-gpt-review.md.

Expected

VS Code built-in link behavior: open the target file in the editor. Foam should follow the same behavior for root-path relative links and links to files under .foam (for example templates), and not create a new note.

Notes

• The issue does not occur for relative links based on the current file path (e.g. ../weekly/...) or for wikilinks ([[...]]).
• Example that also behaves unexpectedly:

[Weekly](../.foam/templates/weekly-review.md)

Environment

• VS Code
• Foam
• OS: Windows

Workarounds

• Use relative links from the current file path instead of root-path links, or use wikilinks.

Request

Please Keep Default VSCode bechavior Ctrl+Click for root-path links

Success criteria (examples)

• Ctrl+Click on /shallow-work/weekly/2025-08-10-gpt-review.md opens that file in the editor (PASS).
• Ctrl+Click on a .foam template reference opens the template file instead of creating a new note (PASS).
• No new notes are created for existing files when following root-path links (PASS).