Add clineignore class into cline file (#1623)

src/core/Cline.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { HistoryItem } from "../shared/HistoryItem"
 import { ClineAskResponse, ClineCheckpointRestore } from "../shared/WebviewMessage"
 import { calculateApiCost } from "../utils/cost"
 import { fileExistsAtPath } from "../utils/fs"
+import { LLMFileAccessController } from "../services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController"
 import { arePathsEqual, getReadablePath } from "../utils/path"
 import { fixModelHtmlEscaping, removeInvalidChars } from "../utils/string"
 import { AssistantMessageContent, parseAssistantMessage, ToolParamName, ToolUseName } from "./assistant-message"
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export class Cline {
 	private chatSettings: ChatSettings
 	apiConversationHistory: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = []
 	clineMessages: ClineMessage[] = []
+	private llmAccessController: LLMFileAccessController
 	private askResponse?: ClineAskResponse
 	private askResponseText?: string
 	private askResponseImages?: string[]
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ export class Cline {
 		images?: string[],
 		historyItem?: HistoryItem,
 	) {
+		this.llmAccessController = new LLMFileAccessController(cwd)
+		this.llmAccessController.initialize().catch((error) => {
+			console.error("Failed to initialize LLMFileAccessController:", error)
+		})
 		this.providerRef = new WeakRef(provider)
 		this.api = buildApiHandler(apiConfiguration)
 		this.terminalManager = new TerminalManager()
@@ -748,6 +754,7 @@ export class Cline {
 		// if the extension process were killed, then on restart the clineMessages might not be empty, so we need to set it to [] when we create a new Cline client (otherwise webview would show stale messages from previous session)
 		this.clineMessages = []
 		this.apiConversationHistory = []
+
 		await this.providerRef.deref()?.postStateToWebview()
 
 		await this.say("text", task, images)
@@ -1050,6 +1057,7 @@ export class Cline {
 		this.terminalManager.disposeAll()
 		this.urlContentFetcher.closeBrowser()
 		this.browserSession.closeBrowser()
+		this.llmAccessController.dispose()
 		await this.diffViewProvider.revertChanges() // need to await for when we want to make sure directories/files are reverted before re-starting the task from a checkpoint
 	}
 

src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.test.ts

@@ -33,44 +33,44 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 
 	describe("Default Patterns", () => {
 		// it("should block access to common ignored files", async () => {
-		// 	const results = await Promise.all([
+		// 	const results = [
 		// 		controller.validateAccess(".env"),
 		// 		controller.validateAccess(".git/config"),
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("node_modules/package.json"),
-		// 	])
+		// 	]
 		// 	results.forEach((result) => result.should.be.false())
 		// })
 
 		it("should allow access to regular files", async () => {
-			const results = await Promise.all([
+			const results = [
 				controller.validateAccess("src/index.ts"),
 				controller.validateAccess("README.md"),
 				controller.validateAccess("package.json"),
-			])
+			]
 			results.forEach((result) => result.should.be.true())
 		})
 	})
 
 	describe("Custom Patterns", () => {
 		it("should block access to custom ignored patterns", async () => {
-			const results = await Promise.all([
+			const results = [
 				controller.validateAccess("config.secret"),
 				controller.validateAccess("private/data.txt"),
 				controller.validateAccess("temp.json"),
 				controller.validateAccess("nested/deep/file.secret"),
 				controller.validateAccess("private/nested/deep/file.txt"),
-			])
+			]
 			results.forEach((result) => result.should.be.false())
 		})
 
 		it("should allow access to non-ignored files", async () => {
-			const results = await Promise.all([
+			const results = [
 				controller.validateAccess("public/data.txt"),
 				controller.validateAccess("config.json"),
 				controller.validateAccess("src/temp/file.ts"),
 				controller.validateAccess("nested/deep/file.txt"),
 				controller.validateAccess("not-private/data.txt"),
-			])
+			]
 			results.forEach((result) => result.should.be.true())
 		})
 
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 			controller = new LLMFileAccessController(tempDir)
 			await controller.initialize()
 
-			const results = await Promise.all([
+			const results = [
 				controller.validateAccess("data-123.json"), // Should be false (wildcard)
 				controller.validateAccess("data.json"), // Should be true (doesn't match pattern)
 				controller.validateAccess("script.tmp"), // Should be false (extension match)
-			])
+			]
 
 			results[0].should.be.false() // data-123.json
 			results[1].should.be.true() // data.json
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 		// 	)
 
 		// 	controller = new LLMFileAccessController(tempDir)
-		// 	await controller.initialize()
 
-		// 	const results = await Promise.all([
+		// 	const results = [
 		// 		// Basic negation
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("temp/file.txt"), // Should be false (in temp/)
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("temp/allowed/file.txt"), // Should be true (negated)
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("assets/logo.png"), // Should be false (in assets/)
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("assets/public/logo.png"), // Should be true (negated and matches *.png)
 		// 		controller.validateAccess("assets/public/data.json"), // Should be true (in negated public/)
-		// 	])
+		// 	]
 
 		// 	results[0].should.be.false() // temp/file.txt
 		// 	results[1].should.be.true() // temp/allowed/file.txt
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 			controller = new LLMFileAccessController(tempDir)
 			await controller.initialize()
 
-			const result = await controller.validateAccess("test.secret")
+			const result = controller.validateAccess("test.secret")
 			result.should.be.false()
 		})
 	})
@@ -163,55 +162,55 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 		it("should handle absolute paths and match ignore patterns", async () => {
 			// Test absolute path that should be allowed
 			const allowedPath = path.join(tempDir, "src/file.ts")
-			const allowedResult = await controller.validateAccess(allowedPath)
+			const allowedResult = controller.validateAccess(allowedPath)
 			allowedResult.should.be.true()
 
 			// Test absolute path that matches an ignore pattern (*.secret)
 			const ignoredPath = path.join(tempDir, "config.secret")
-			const ignoredResult = await controller.validateAccess(ignoredPath)
+			const ignoredResult = controller.validateAccess(ignoredPath)
 			ignoredResult.should.be.false()
 
 			// Test absolute path in ignored directory (private/)
 			const ignoredDirPath = path.join(tempDir, "private/data.txt")
-			const ignoredDirResult = await controller.validateAccess(ignoredDirPath)
+			const ignoredDirResult = controller.validateAccess(ignoredDirPath)
 			ignoredDirResult.should.be.false()
 		})
 
 		it("should handle relative paths and match ignore patterns", async () => {
 			// Test relative path that should be allowed
-			const allowedResult = await controller.validateAccess("./src/file.ts")
+			const allowedResult = controller.validateAccess("./src/file.ts")
 			allowedResult.should.be.true()
 
 			// Test relative path that matches an ignore pattern (*.secret)
-			const ignoredResult = await controller.validateAccess("./config.secret")
+			const ignoredResult = controller.validateAccess("./config.secret")
 			ignoredResult.should.be.false()
 
 			// Test relative path in ignored directory (private/)
-			const ignoredDirResult = await controller.validateAccess("./private/data.txt")
+			const ignoredDirResult = controller.validateAccess("./private/data.txt")
 			ignoredDirResult.should.be.false()
 		})
 
 		it("should normalize paths with backslashes", async () => {
-			const result = await controller.validateAccess("src\\file.ts")
+			const result = controller.validateAccess("src\\file.ts")
 			result.should.be.true()
 		})
 
 		it("should handle paths outside cwd", async () => {
 			// Create a path that points to parent directory of cwd
 			const outsidePath = path.join(path.dirname(tempDir), "outside.txt")
-			const result = await controller.validateAccess(outsidePath)
+			const result = controller.validateAccess(outsidePath)
 
 			// Should return false for security since path is outside cwd
 			result.should.be.false()
 
 			// Test with a deeply nested path outside cwd
 			const deepOutsidePath = path.join(path.dirname(tempDir), "deep", "nested", "outside.secret")
-			const deepResult = await controller.validateAccess(deepOutsidePath)
+			const deepResult = controller.validateAccess(deepOutsidePath)
 			deepResult.should.be.false()
 
 			// Test with a path that tries to escape using ../
 			const escapeAttemptPath = path.join(tempDir, "..", "escape-attempt.txt")
-			const escapeResult = await controller.validateAccess(escapeAttemptPath)
+			const escapeResult = controller.validateAccess(escapeAttemptPath)
 			escapeResult.should.be.false()
 		})
 	})
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 	describe("Error Handling", () => {
 		it("should handle invalid paths", async () => {
 			// Test with an invalid path containing null byte
-			const result = await controller.validateAccess("\0invalid")
+			const result = controller.validateAccess("\0invalid")
 			result.should.be.true()
 		})
 
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 			try {
 				const controller = new LLMFileAccessController(emptyDir)
 				await controller.initialize()
-				const result = await controller.validateAccess("file.txt")
+				const result = controller.validateAccess("file.txt")
 				result.should.be.true()
 			} finally {
 				await fs.rm(emptyDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ describe("LLMFileAccessController", () => {
 			controller = new LLMFileAccessController(tempDir)
 			await controller.initialize()
 
-			const result = await controller.validateAccess("regular-file.txt")
+			const result = controller.validateAccess("regular-file.txt")
 			result.should.be.true()
 		})
 	})

src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import path from "path"
 import { fileExistsAtPath } from "../../utils/fs"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 import ignore, { Ignore } from "ignore"
+import * as vscode from "vscode"
 
 /**
  * Controls LLM access to files by enforcing ignore patterns.
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import ignore, { Ignore } from "ignore"
 export class LLMFileAccessController {
 	private cwd: string
 	private ignoreInstance: Ignore
+	private fileWatcher: vscode.FileSystemWatcher | null
+	private disposables: vscode.Disposable[] = []
 
 	/**
 	 * Default patterns that are always ignored for security
@@ -20,19 +23,49 @@ export class LLMFileAccessController {
 	constructor(cwd: string) {
 		this.cwd = cwd
 		this.ignoreInstance = ignore()
-
-		// Add default patterns immediately
 		this.ignoreInstance.add(LLMFileAccessController.DEFAULT_PATTERNS)
+		this.fileWatcher = null
+
+		// Set up file watcher for .clineignore
+		this.setupFileWatcher()
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Initialize the controller by loading custom patterns
-	 * This must be called and awaited before using the controller
+	 * Must be called after construction and before using the controller
 	 */
 	async initialize(): Promise<void> {
 		await this.loadCustomPatterns()
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set up the file watcher for .clineignore changes
+	 */
+	private setupFileWatcher(): void {
+		const clineignorePattern = new vscode.RelativePattern(this.cwd, ".clineignore")
+		this.fileWatcher = vscode.workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(clineignorePattern)
+
+		// Watch for changes and updates
+		this.disposables.push(
+			this.fileWatcher.onDidChange(() => {
+				this.loadCustomPatterns().catch((error) => {
+					console.error("Failed to load updated .clineignore patterns:", error)
+				})
+			}),
+			this.fileWatcher.onDidCreate(() => {
+				this.loadCustomPatterns().catch((error) => {
+					console.error("Failed to load new .clineignore patterns:", error)
+				})
+			}),
+			this.fileWatcher.onDidDelete(() => {
+				this.resetToDefaultPatterns()
+			}),
+		)
+
+		// Add fileWatcher itself to disposables
+		this.disposables.push(this.fileWatcher)
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Load custom patterns from .clineignore if it exists
 	 */
@@ -40,6 +73,8 @@ export class LLMFileAccessController {
 		try {
 			const ignorePath = path.join(this.cwd, ".clineignore")
 			if (await fileExistsAtPath(ignorePath)) {
+				// Reset ignore instance to prevent duplicate patterns
+				this.resetToDefaultPatterns()
 				const content = await fs.readFile(ignorePath, "utf8")
 				const customPatterns = content
 					.split("\n")
@@ -49,11 +84,18 @@ export class LLMFileAccessController {
 				this.ignoreInstance.add(customPatterns)
 			}
 		} catch (error) {
-			console.error("Failed to load .clineignore:", error)
 			// Continue with default patterns
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Reset ignore patterns to defaults
+	 */
+	private resetToDefaultPatterns(): void {
+		this.ignoreInstance = ignore()
+		this.ignoreInstance.add(LLMFileAccessController.DEFAULT_PATTERNS)
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if a file should be accessible to the LLM
 	 * @param filePath - Path to check (relative to cwd)
@@ -97,4 +139,13 @@ export class LLMFileAccessController {
 			return [] // Fail closed for security
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clean up resources when the controller is no longer needed
+	 */
+	dispose(): void {
+		this.disposables.forEach((d) => d.dispose())
+		this.disposables = []
+		this.fileWatcher = null
+	}
 }