Gitignore Is Not a Model Boundary
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Gitignore will not stop a coding agent from reading the files you refused to commit. The privacy boundary you inherited from version control ends at the index, not at the model. If an assistant can open a path on disk, that path can leave the machine inside a tool result. You should treat every ign…
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- 2026-09-06 21:37 · DEV Community — AI
Gitignore Is Not a Model Boundary