diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.test.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.test.ts
index 45229a678b..0aa4e308e1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ const createMockConfig = (
   cwd: string,
   otherDirs: string[] = [],
   mockFileService?: FileDiscoveryService,
+  fileFiltering: {
+    respectGitIgnore?: boolean;
+    respectGeminiIgnore?: boolean;
+  } = {},
 ): Config => {
+  const { respectGitIgnore = true, respectGeminiIgnore = true } = fileFiltering;
   const workspace = new WorkspaceContext(cwd, otherDirs);
   const fileSystemService = new StandardFileSystemService();
   return {
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ const createMockConfig = (
     getTargetDir: () => cwd,
     getFileSystemService: () => fileSystemService,
     getFileService: () => mockFileService,
+    getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: () => respectGitIgnore,
+    getFileFilteringRespectGeminiIgnore: () => respectGeminiIgnore,
   } as unknown as Config;
 };
 
@@ -333,6 +340,51 @@ describe('readPathFromWorkspace', () => {
       expect(resultText).not.toContain('invisible');
       expect(mockFileService.filterFiles).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('should pass correct ignore flags to file service for a single file', async () => {
+      mock({
+        [CWD]: {
+          'file.txt': 'content',
+        },
+      });
+      const mockFileService = {
+        filterFiles: vi.fn(() => []),
+      } as unknown as FileDiscoveryService;
+      const config = createMockConfig(CWD, [], mockFileService, {
+        respectGitIgnore: false,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      });
+      await readPathFromWorkspace('file.txt', config);
+      expect(mockFileService.filterFiles).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['file.txt'], {
+        respectGitIgnore: false,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should pass correct ignore flags to file service for a directory', async () => {
+      mock({
+        [CWD]: {
+          'my-dir': {
+            'file.txt': 'content',
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      const mockFileService = {
+        filterFiles: vi.fn((files) => files),
+      } as unknown as FileDiscoveryService;
+      const config = createMockConfig(CWD, [], mockFileService, {
+        respectGitIgnore: true,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: false,
+      });
+      await readPathFromWorkspace('my-dir', config);
+      expect(mockFileService.filterFiles).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [path.join('my-dir', 'file.txt')],
+        {
+          respectGitIgnore: true,
+          respectGeminiIgnore: false,
+        },
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   it('should throw an error for an absolute path outside the workspace', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.ts
index 1b177848db..486ce2a821 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/pathReader.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export async function readPathFromWorkspace(
       path.relative(config.getTargetDir(), p),
     );
     const filteredFiles = fileService.filterFiles(relativeFiles, {
-      respectGitIgnore: true,
-      respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      respectGitIgnore: config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore(),
+      respectGeminiIgnore: config.getFileFilteringRespectGeminiIgnore(),
     });
     const finalFiles = filteredFiles.map((p) =>
       path.resolve(config.getTargetDir(), p),
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ export async function readPathFromWorkspace(
     // It's a single file, check if it's ignored.
     const relativePath = path.relative(config.getTargetDir(), absolutePath);
     const filtered = fileService.filterFiles([relativePath], {
-      respectGitIgnore: true,
-      respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      respectGitIgnore: config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore(),
+      respectGeminiIgnore: config.getFileFilteringRespectGeminiIgnore(),
     });
 
     if (filtered.length === 0) {