Auto imports prefer a directory barrel over peer import

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Issue Type: Bug

Given a folder with:

// index.ts
export * from './a';

// a.ts
export class A {}

// b.ts
export class B extends A {}

...an attempt to use auto-import to resolve the reference to A in b.ts will insert:

import { A } from '.';

...instead of the preferred (and the one provided by previous versions of VS Code):

import { A } from './a';

• I have done an Extension Bisect operation and the issue continued to occur with no extensions running.

A picture of it:

Why is this a problem?

• When outputting CommonJS, the circular dependency can cause the exported symbols to be undefined. When emitting decorator metadata, barrel imports can cause failures due to this.

VS Code version: Code 1.62.2 (3a6960b964327f0e3882ce18fcebd07ed191b316, 2021-11-11T20:56:38.428Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 x 3408)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	47.95GB (25.44GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 1c87ecb3-4569-4b42-8949-d2f85df04b8b
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (27)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
ng-template	Ang	13.0.0
vscode-raml	blz	3.0.1
vscode-gemfile	bun	0.4.2
firecode	ChF	1.3.0
gitlens	eam	11.6.1
vsc-material-theme	Equ	33.2.0
vsc-material-theme-icons	equ	1.2.2
vscode-pull-request-github	Git	0.32.0
vscode-edit-csv	jan	0.6.4
vscode-circleci	jva	0.5.0
csharp	ms-	1.23.16
vscode-kubernetes-tools	ms-	1.3.4
remote-containers	ms-	0.205.2
remote-ssh	ms-	0.66.1
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.66.1
remote-wsl	ms-	0.58.5
cpptools	ms-	1.7.1
hexeditor	ms-	1.8.2
vscode-versionlens	pfl	1.0.9
material-icon-theme	PKi	4.10.0
vscode-yaml	red	1.2.0
vscode-spotify	shy	3.2.1
slim	sia	0.1.2
svg-preview	Sim	2.8.3
vsfire	tob	1.4.1
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.2.14
vscode-ruby	win	0.28.0

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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[fatcerberus]

Sounds like #45953.

[rezonant]

Closing in favor of #45953