fix(cli) : fixed bug #8310 where /memory refresh will create discrepancies with initial memory load ignoring settings/config for trusted folder and file filters (#10611)

Co-authored-by: Bryan Morgan <bryanmorgan@google.com>

packages/cli/src/config/config.integration.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import type {
   ConfigParameters,
   ContentGeneratorConfig,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
-import { Config } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import {
+  Config,
+  DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
+} from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
 import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
 
@@ -78,12 +81,14 @@ describe('Configuration Integration Tests', () => {
         sandbox: false,
         targetDir: tempDir,
         debugMode: false,
-        fileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: undefined, // Should default to true
+        fileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: undefined, // Should default to  DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS
       };
 
       const config = new Config(configParams);
 
-      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(true);
+      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(
+        DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGitIgnore,
+      );
     });
 
     it('should load custom file filtering settings from configuration', async () => {
@@ -112,7 +117,9 @@ describe('Configuration Integration Tests', () => {
         sandbox: false,
         targetDir: tempDir,
         debugMode: false,
-        fileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: true,
+        fileFiltering: {
+          respectGitIgnore: true,
+        },
       };
 
       const config = new Config(configParams);
@@ -149,13 +156,15 @@ describe('Configuration Integration Tests', () => {
         sandbox: false,
         targetDir: tempDir,
         debugMode: false,
-        fileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: undefined,
+        fileFiltering: {},
       };
 
       const config = new Config(configParams);
 
       // All settings should use defaults
-      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(true);
+      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(
+        DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGitIgnore,
+      );
     });
 
     it('should handle missing configuration sections gracefully', async () => {
@@ -172,7 +181,9 @@ describe('Configuration Integration Tests', () => {
       const config = new Config(configParams);
 
       // All git-aware settings should use defaults
-      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(true);
+      expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(
+        DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGitIgnore,
+      );
     });
   });
 
@@ -185,7 +196,9 @@ describe('Configuration Integration Tests', () => {
         sandbox: false,
         targetDir: tempDir,
         debugMode: false,
-        fileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: true,
+        fileFiltering: {
+          respectGitIgnore: true,
+        },
       };
 
       const config = new Config(configParams);

packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import {
   OutputFormat,
   type GeminiCLIExtension,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
-import { loadCliConfig, parseArguments, type CliArgs } from './config.js';
+import {
+  loadCliConfig,
+  loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory,
+  parseArguments,
+  type CliArgs,
+} from './config.js';
 import type { Settings } from './settings.js';
 import { ExtensionStorage } from './extension.js';
 import * as ServerConfig from '@google/gemini-cli-core';

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     },
     telemetry: telemetrySettings,
     usageStatisticsEnabled: settings.privacy?.usageStatisticsEnabled ?? true,
-    fileFiltering: settings.context?.fileFiltering,
+    fileFiltering,
     checkpointing:
       argv.checkpointing || settings.general?.checkpointing?.enabled,
     proxy:

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/memoryCommand.test.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import { MessageType } from '../types.js';
 import type { LoadedSettings } from '../../config/settings.js';
 import {
   getErrorMessage,
-  loadServerHierarchicalMemory,
   type FileDiscoveryService,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import type { LoadServerHierarchicalMemoryResponse } from '@google/gemini-cli-core/index.js';
+import { loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory } from '../../config/config.js';
 
 vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
   const original =
@@ -27,11 +27,19 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) return error.message;
       return String(error);
     }),
-    loadServerHierarchicalMemory: vi.fn(),
   };
 });
 
-const mockLoadServerHierarchicalMemory = loadServerHierarchicalMemory as Mock;
+vi.mock('../../config/config.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const original =
+    await importOriginal<typeof import('../../config/config.js')>();
+  return {
+    ...original,
+    loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+const mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory = loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory as Mock;
 
 describe('memoryCommand', () => {
   let mockContext: CommandContext;
@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
           ignore: [],
           include: [],
         }),
-        getFolderTrust: () => false,
+        isTrustedFolder: () => false,
       };
 
       mockContext = createMockCommandContext({
@@ -186,11 +194,17 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
           settings: {
             merged: {
               memoryDiscoveryMaxDirs: 1000,
+              context: {
+                importFormat: 'tree',
+              },
             },
           } as LoadedSettings,
         },
+        ui: {
+          setGeminiMdFileCount: vi.fn(),
+        },
       });
-      mockLoadServerHierarchicalMemory.mockClear();
+      mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory.mockClear();
     });
 
     it('should display success message when memory is refreshed with content', async () => {
@@ -201,7 +215,7 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
         fileCount: 2,
         filePaths: ['/path/one/GEMINI.md', '/path/two/GEMINI.md'],
       };
-      mockLoadServerHierarchicalMemory.mockResolvedValue(refreshResult);
+      mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory.mockResolvedValue(refreshResult);
 
       await refreshCommand.action(mockContext, '');
 
@@ -213,7 +227,7 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
         expect.any(Number),
       );
 
-      expect(loadServerHierarchicalMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
       expect(mockSetUserMemory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         refreshResult.memoryContent,
       );
@@ -223,6 +237,9 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
       expect(mockSetGeminiMdFilePaths).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         refreshResult.filePaths,
       );
+      expect(mockContext.ui.setGeminiMdFileCount).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        refreshResult.fileCount,
+      );
 
       expect(mockContext.ui.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
@@ -237,11 +254,11 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
       if (!refreshCommand.action) throw new Error('Command has no action');
 
       const refreshResult = { memoryContent: '', fileCount: 0, filePaths: [] };
-      mockLoadServerHierarchicalMemory.mockResolvedValue(refreshResult);
+      mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory.mockResolvedValue(refreshResult);
 
       await refreshCommand.action(mockContext, '');
 
-      expect(loadServerHierarchicalMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
       expect(mockSetUserMemory).toHaveBeenCalledWith('');
       expect(mockSetGeminiMdFileCount).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
       expect(mockSetGeminiMdFilePaths).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
@@ -259,11 +276,11 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
       if (!refreshCommand.action) throw new Error('Command has no action');
 
       const error = new Error('Failed to read memory files.');
-      mockLoadServerHierarchicalMemory.mockRejectedValue(error);
+      mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory.mockRejectedValue(error);
 
       await refreshCommand.action(mockContext, '');
 
-      expect(loadServerHierarchicalMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
       expect(mockSetUserMemory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(mockSetGeminiMdFileCount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(mockSetGeminiMdFilePaths).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -298,7 +315,7 @@ describe('memoryCommand', () => {
         expect.any(Number),
       );
 
-      expect(loadServerHierarchicalMemory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockLoadHierarchicalGeminiMemory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
 

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/memoryCommand.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import {
+import { getErrorMessage } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
-  getErrorMessage,
-  loadServerHierarchicalMemory,
-} from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { MessageType } from '../types.js';
+import { loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory } from '../../config/config.js';
 import type { SlashCommand, SlashCommandActionReturn } from './types.js';
 import { CommandKind } from './types.js';
 
@@ -82,25 +80,26 @@ export const memoryCommand: SlashCommand = {
 
         try {
           const config = await context.services.config;
+          const settings = context.services.settings;
           if (config) {
             const { memoryContent, fileCount, filePaths } =
-              await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
+              await loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory(
                 config.getWorkingDir(),
                 config.shouldLoadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories()
                   ? config.getWorkspaceContext().getDirectories()
                   : [],
                 config.getDebugMode(),
                 config.getFileService(),
+                settings.merged,
                 config.getExtensionContextFilePaths(),
-                config.getFolderTrust(),
+                config.isTrustedFolder(),
-                context.services.settings.merged.context?.importFormat ||
+                settings.merged.context?.importFormat || 'tree',
-                  'tree', // Use setting or default to 'tree'
                 config.getFileFilteringOptions(),
-                context.services.settings.merged.context?.discoveryMaxDirs,
               );
             config.setUserMemory(memoryContent);
             config.setGeminiMdFileCount(fileCount);
             config.setGeminiMdFilePaths(filePaths);
+            context.ui.setGeminiMdFileCount(fileCount);
 
             const successMessage =
               memoryContent.length > 0

packages/core/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import type { Mock } from 'vitest';
 import type { ConfigParameters, SandboxConfig } from './config.js';
-import { Config, ApprovalMode } from './config.js';
+import {
+  Config,
+  ApprovalMode,
+  DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
+} from './config.js';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { setGeminiMdFilename as mockSetGeminiMdFilename } from '../tools/memoryTool.js';
 import {
@@ -318,7 +322,9 @@ describe('Server Config (config.ts)', () => {
 
   it('should set default file filtering settings when not provided', () => {
     const config = new Config(baseParams);
-    expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(true);
+    expect(config.getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore()).toBe(
+      DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGitIgnore,
+    );
   });
 
   it('should set custom file filtering settings when provided', () => {

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ export interface ExtensionInstallMetadata {
 
 import type { FileFilteringOptions } from './constants.js';
 import {
-  DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
   DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
+  DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
 } from './constants.js';
 
 export type { FileFilteringOptions };
 export {
-  DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
   DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
+  DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_TRUNCATE_TOOL_OUTPUT_THRESHOLD = 4_000_000;
@@ -405,8 +405,12 @@ export class Config {
     this.usageStatisticsEnabled = params.usageStatisticsEnabled ?? true;
 
     this.fileFiltering = {
-      respectGitIgnore: params.fileFiltering?.respectGitIgnore ?? true,
+      respectGitIgnore:
-      respectGeminiIgnore: params.fileFiltering?.respectGeminiIgnore ?? true,
+        params.fileFiltering?.respectGitIgnore ??
+        DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGitIgnore,
+      respectGeminiIgnore:
+        params.fileFiltering?.respectGeminiIgnore ??
+        DEFAULT_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS.respectGeminiIgnore,
       enableRecursiveFileSearch:
         params.fileFiltering?.enableRecursiveFileSearch ?? true,
       disableFuzzySearch: params.fileFiltering?.disableFuzzySearch ?? false,
@@ -885,6 +889,9 @@ export class Config {
     return this.ideMode;
   }
 
+  /***
+   * TODO: Review if this is actually used at it seems it is only used but the FileCommandLoader
+   */
   getFolderTrustFeature(): boolean {
     return this.folderTrustFeature;
   }