/add-dir does not add the directory to the sandbox allow list

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GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.93.

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/add-dir ../other-folder
Prompt: I'm testing out the sandbox. Try a shell command that lists files in ../other-folder
See permission requested for tool call because ../other-folder is outside the sandbox

Expected behavior

/add-dir also allows access when sandbox is enabled

Additional context

Tested on Windows and Linux, model used powershell and bash commands

To add a directory to your policy, you can run /sandbox config and add a directory in the filesystem there.

Could you elaborate a little on what lead you to believe that /add-dir would do it? (genuinely curious)

How much my billing.

@caarlos0

@caarlos0 the current folder is allowed in the sandbox, I expected add-dir to give the new directory the same treatment (isn't add-dir supposed to allow the model to access the new folder?) . Maybe this should be a feature request

This will be fixed on the next version! Thanks, all!

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`/add-dir` does not add the directory to the sandbox allow list #5076