diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/cline-ignore.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/cline-ignore.test.ts
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+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/cline-ignore.test.ts
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+import { shouldIgnorePath } from "../cline-ignore"
+
+describe("shouldIgnorePath", () => {
+	test("exact match pattern", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = "test.txt"
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("test.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("other.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	test("wildcard pattern", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = "*.txt"
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("test.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("test.js", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	test("directory pattern", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = "node_modules/"
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("node_modules/package.json", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("src/node_modules.ts", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	test("comments and empty lines", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = `
+      # This is a comment
+      test.txt
+
+      # This is also ignored
+      *.js
+    `
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("test.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("app.js", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	test("negation pattern", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = `
+      *.txt
+      !important.txt
+      docs/
+      !docs/README.txt
+    `
+		// Matches *.txt but excluded by !important.txt
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("test.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("important.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+
+		// Matches docs/ but excluded by !docs/README.txt
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("docs/test.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("docs/README.txt", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	test("complex negation pattern combinations", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = `
+      # Ignore all .log files
+      *.log
+      # But not debug.log
+      !debug.log
+      # However, ignore debug.log in tmp/
+      tmp/debug.log
+    `
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("error.log", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("debug.log", ignoreContent)).toBe(false)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath("tmp/debug.log", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	test("negation pattern with reversed order", () => {
+		const ignoreContent = `
+			!.env.example
+			.env*
+		`
+		// .env.example should be ignored because .env* comes after !.env.example
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath(".env.example", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+		expect(shouldIgnorePath(".env.local", ignoreContent)).toBe(true)
+	})
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/cline-ignore.ts b/src/utils/cline-ignore.ts
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+import { fileExistsAtPath } from "./fs"
+import * as path from "path"
+import * as fs from "fs/promises"
+
+/**
+ * Loads the contents of .clineignore file and returns cache and evaluation function.
+ * @param cwd Current working directory
+ * @returns Object containing patterns and evaluation function
+ */
+function parseIgnorePatterns(clineIgnoreFile: string): string[] {
+	return clineIgnoreFile
+		.split("\n")
+		.map((line) => line.trim())
+		.filter((line) => line && !line.startsWith("#"))
+}
+
+export async function loadIgnorePatterns(cwd: string): Promise<{
+	patterns: string[]
+	shouldIgnore: (path: string) => boolean
+}> {
+	const ignoreContent = await loadClineIgnoreFile(cwd)
+	const patterns = parseIgnorePatterns(ignoreContent)
+	return {
+		patterns,
+		shouldIgnore: (path: string) => shouldIgnorePath(path, ignoreContent),
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Filters multiple file paths in batch.
+ * @param paths Array of paths to filter
+ * @param ignoreContent Contents of .clineignore file
+ * @returns Array of filtered paths
+ */
+export function filterIgnoredPaths(paths: string[], ignoreContent: string): string[] {
+	return paths.filter((path) => !shouldIgnorePath(path, ignoreContent))
+}
+
+export async function loadClineIgnoreFile(cwd: string): Promise<string> {
+	const filePath = path.join(cwd, ".clineignore")
+	try {
+		const fileExists = await fileExistsAtPath(filePath)
+		if (!fileExists) {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return fs.readFile(filePath, "utf-8")
+	} catch (error) {
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+function convertGlobToRegExp(pattern: string): string {
+	// Handle directory pattern
+	if (pattern.endsWith("/")) {
+		pattern = pattern + "**"
+	}
+
+	return (
+		pattern
+			// Escape special characters
+			.replace(/[.+^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")
+			// Convert wildcard * to regex pattern
+			.replace(/\*/g, ".*")
+	)
+}
+
+export function shouldIgnorePath(filePath: string, clineIgnoreFile: string): boolean {
+	const patterns = parseIgnorePatterns(clineIgnoreFile)
+	let isIgnored = false
+
+	// Evaluate patterns in order
+	for (const pattern of patterns) {
+		const isNegation = pattern.startsWith("!")
+		const actualPattern = isNegation ? pattern.slice(1) : pattern
+
+		// Convert pattern to regex
+		const regexPattern = convertGlobToRegExp(actualPattern)
+		const regex = new RegExp(`^${regexPattern}$`)
+
+		// Check if pattern matches
+		if (regex.test(filePath)) {
+			isIgnored = !isNegation
+		}
+	}
+
+	return isIgnored
+}