Feature Request: Glob Context Support

[gabrielbryk]

Please consider adding support for using glob patterns to automatically select workspace files for context. Manually choosing files can be tedious, so defining context via globs would automate this process, improving efficiency and accuracy.

Ideally, this would allow multiple patterns (e.g., "src/**/*.py", "docs/*.md") and crucially, exclusion patterns using ! (like "stuff/i/want/*", "!stuff/i/want/but/not/this/*" or "!src/tests/**"). This offers precise, rule-based control over the context provided to Gemini, similar to how .gitignore or other build tools handle file selection.

[robertpiosik]

Hi, how do you envision adding/removing them? We already have an option of saving context selections (undocumented yet, sorry for that):

It works differently but you can resort to it for the time being.

[robertpiosik]

Hi, how much time the initial tree rendering takes in your repository? (After restarting extensions host)

[robertpiosik]

@gabrielbryk Just wanted to let you know that I like the idea and I'm thinking about implementation. Thank you for the feature request 🤓

[gabrielbryk]

Hi, how much time the initial tree rendering takes in your repository? (After restarting extensions host)

Usually like 10-15 seconds. The biggest issues is the checkmarks updating, for example if I click or unclick a parent folder, the children take forever (or don't) reflect the change. The fix I've recently discovered for that is hitting the "Collapse Folders" button, this seems to update all the check marks when i re-expand the folders

[gabrielbryk]

@gabrielbryk Just wanted to let you know that I like the idea and I'm thinking about implementation. Thank you for the feature request 🤓

Another thought on this, being able to define contexts via a settings file (either using vscode's native settings.json or defining your own), would be a great way of implementing glob based contexts bc then it can be shared with other devs on the repo (i've gotten my team using this extension).

[robertpiosik]

The biggest issues is the checkmarks updating, for example if I click or unclick a parent folder, the children take forever (or don't) reflect the change.

@gabrielbryk Happy to share that with 1.0.411 the performance issue should be resolved. Please confirm & thanks for bringing this up! 🤓

[robertpiosik]

@gabrielbryk Support for .vscode/contexts.json has landed in 1.0.419. Paths can be glob patterns (with negations). To see the structure of this config file - save a new context with any selection choosing a new option: JSON File.

If you find any issues, please let me know 🤓

[gabrielbryk]

This is exactly what I was imaging for glob support! This combined with the other improvements you have made recently has brought this tool to the next level!!