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Gemini CLI's /restore Deletes Files Git Was Never Told to Track — If You Excluded Them via .git/info/exclude

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Gemini CLI's checkpoint feature keeps its own shadow Git repository to snapshot and roll back project state. That shadow repo only reads .gitignore — it has no way to see .git/info/exclude or a user's global core.excludesFile . The result: /restore treats files kept out of version control through e…

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  1. 2026-10-25 09:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Gemini CLI's /restore Deletes Files Git Was Never Told to Track — If You Excluded Them via .git/info/exclude

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