docs: document global cross-folder session resume

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Dmitry Lyalin
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This restores your chat history and memory, so you can say "Continue with the
next step" immediately.
### Scenario: Resume a session from another folder
If you know the session UUID, you can resume it from any folder:
```bash
gemini -r a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
```
If that session was created in a different folder, Gemini CLI shows the original
folder and asks whether you want to continue in the current one. If you say no,
the CLI exits so you can `cd` to the original folder and rerun the command
there.
### Scenario: Browse past sessions
If you want to find a specific conversation from yesterday, use the interactive
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**Command:** `/resume`
This opens a searchable list of all your past sessions. You'll see:
This opens a searchable list of all your past sessions across all folders.
You'll see:
- A timestamp (e.g., "2 hours ago").
- The first user message (helping you identify the topic).
- The number of turns in the conversation.
- The original folder for each session.
Select a session and press **Enter** to load it.