Evidence record / gemini-cli
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2026-10-24-gemini-cli-stable-directory-references-stop-eagerly-reading-the-entire-directory
Stable directory references stop eagerly reading the entire directory. The at-command processor tracks directory references and excludes them from the eager read_many_files input. It leaves a resolved directory reference in the query so the agent can discover and read what it needs. A separate ignore traversal change prunes ignored paths earlier. This does not disable GEMINI.md discovery or prevent later explicit tool reads.
Channel: tagged-release. Half: both. Date: 2026-10-20.
Operator consequence: On stable 0.65.0, use a directory reference to point the agent at an area of a large repository without assuming all its contents were injected. If a workflow depends on a particular file being present immediately, name or read that file explicitly. The harness shifts selection to the agent and removes some up-front context work; no latency, token or memory reduction was measured here.
Receipt
Finding metadata
Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-24-gemini-cli-stable-directory-references-stop-eagerly-reading-the-entire-directory
Accepted signals
Profile citations
- Gemini CLI / claim / agent-directed-directory-context
- Gemini CLI / posture / capability
Source links
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- commit2026-10-24-gemini-cli-stable-directory-references-stop-eagerly-reading-the-entire-directorygithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/commit/9b6e0265d16bbd29ca51e33c9e0c01dc4cec5e83tagged commit file2026-10-24-gemini-cli-stable-directory-references-stop-eagerly-reading-the-entire-directorygoogle-gemini/gemini-cli / packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/atCommandProcessor.tscommit2026-10-24-gemini-cli-stable-directory-references-stop-eagerly-reading-the-entire-directorygithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/commit/8b5cb8a6491e17b2dd3ba0cfb49fcfe41c48c4a3
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