feat: allow control over displaying hidden/dotfiles and .gitignore matches (#179)

* feat: add chat setting to toggle hidden files (dotfiles)

* feat: add toggle to show/hide gitignored files in file browser

* refactor: don't reuse visibility setting for dotfiles toggle

* fix: honor hidden/gitignored toggles across runtimes

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Co-authored-by: Bohdan Triapitsyn <artmore@protonmail.com>

packages/vscode/webview/api/files.ts

@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ import { sendBridgeMessage, sendBridgeMessageWithOptions } from './bridge';
 const normalizePath = (value: string): string => value.replace(/\\/g, '/');
 
 export const createVSCodeFilesAPI = (): FilesAPI => ({
-  async listDirectory(path: string): Promise<DirectoryListResult> {
+  async listDirectory(path: string, options?: { respectGitignore?: boolean }): Promise<DirectoryListResult> {
     const target = normalizePath(path);
     const data = await sendBridgeMessage<{
       directory?: string;
       path?: string;
       entries: Array<{ name: string; path: string; isDirectory: boolean }>;
-    }>('api:fs:list', { path: target });
+    }>('api:fs:list', {
+      path: target,
+      respectGitignore: options?.respectGitignore,
+    });
 
     const directory = normalizePath(data?.directory || data?.path || target);
     const entries = Array.isArray(data?.entries) ? data.entries : [];
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ export const createVSCodeFilesAPI = (): FilesAPI => ({
       directory: normalizePath(payload.directory),
       query: payload.query,
       limit: payload.maxResults,
+      includeHidden: payload.includeHidden,
+      respectGitignore: payload.respectGitignore,
     });
 
     const files = Array.isArray(data?.files) ? data.files : [];

packages/vscode/webview/main.tsx

@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ if (workspaceFolder) {
   try {
     window.localStorage.setItem('lastDirectory', normalizedWorkspaceFolder);
     window.localStorage.setItem('homeDirectory', normalizedWorkspaceFolder);
+
+    // VS Code defaults: show dotfiles, hide gitignored
+    if (window.localStorage.getItem('directoryTreeShowHidden') === null) {
+      window.localStorage.setItem('directoryTreeShowHidden', 'true');
+    }
+    if (window.localStorage.getItem('filesViewShowGitignored') === null) {
+      window.localStorage.setItem('filesViewShowGitignored', 'false');
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     console.warn('Failed to persist workspace folder', error);
   }
@@ -357,7 +365,8 @@ const handleLocalApiRequest = async (url: URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
 
   if (pathname.startsWith('/api/fs/list')) {
     const targetPath = url.searchParams.get('path') || '';
-    const data = await sendBridgeMessage('api:fs:list', { path: targetPath });
+    const respectGitignore = url.searchParams.get('respectGitignore') === 'true';
+    const data = await sendBridgeMessage('api:fs:list', { path: targetPath, respectGitignore });
     return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), { status: 200, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } });
   }
 
@@ -367,7 +376,15 @@ const handleLocalApiRequest = async (url: URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
     const limitParam = url.searchParams.get('limit');
     const limit = limitParam ? Number(limitParam) : undefined;
     const resolvedLimit = Number.isFinite(limit) ? limit : undefined;
-    const data = await sendBridgeMessage('api:fs:search', { directory, query, limit: resolvedLimit });
+    const includeHidden = url.searchParams.get('includeHidden') === 'true';
+    const respectGitignore = url.searchParams.get('respectGitignore') !== 'false';
+    const data = await sendBridgeMessage('api:fs:search', {
+      directory,
+      query,
+      limit: resolvedLimit,
+      includeHidden,
+      respectGitignore,
+    });
     return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), { status: 200, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } });
   }