Allow 'cd + git' commands without security prompt when inside additionalDirectories

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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 2, 2026

Problem

When working across multiple related repos configured in additionalDirectories, compound commands like cd ../sister-repo && git push trigger a blocking security prompt:

This command changes directory before running git, which can execute untrusted hooks from the target directory. Approve only if you trust it.

This fires even when:

  1. The target directory is listed in additionalDirectories (explicitly trusted)
  2. The Bash(cd * && *) allow rule is in the project settings
  3. A bypassPermissions mode is set

The security check appears to bypass the allow list entirely for this specific pattern.

Why this is painful

Multi-repo projects are a first-class use case (e.g. monorepo adjacents, sister repos). When a project uses additionalDirectories to declare trusted repos, cd repo && git <op> is a routine operation that should not require per-invocation approval. The current behavior forces users to either:

  • Accept a blanket bypassPermissions (too broad), or
  • Get prompted on every single cross-repo git operation

Suggested fix

When the cd target resolves to a path inside additionalDirectories (or the project directory itself), skip the security warning for the subsequent git command — the directory is already explicitly trusted by the project config.

Alternatively, allow the allow-list rule Bash(cd * && git *) to suppress this specific warning, since the user has already declared intent.

Context

Raised by a team using provisioning-hub + provisioning-hub-services + foak-libraries as a three-repo system. Every cross-repo git operation prompts, which creates significant friction in an agentic workflow.

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