From 79fcce934f96e4d32c2e4715a4b3d4a5592cd161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:37:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Initial plan


From 207c3b8dad6a16c59a03c9ecf22ce39c85e49990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:41:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Add .github/aw/.gitignore to ignore imports folder

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/sessions/70a5afc2-e75a-43a8-8423-18542e9b9004

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/aw/.gitignore | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/aw/.gitignore

diff --git a/.github/aw/.gitignore b/.github/aw/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7fe32e7e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/aw/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+imports/

From da7e16ad0a05ab0627b97fac22749ff4c57384a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:52:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Add ensureAwGitignore to init command to create
 .github/aw/.gitignore with imports/ entry

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/sessions/25ad36e8-2a03-47e9-ad53-c7f4f06cf236

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/cli/git.go  | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/cli/init.go | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/cli/git.go b/pkg/cli/git.go
index 0ca4c85b406..14c0be702a3 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/git.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/git.go
@@ -334,6 +334,40 @@ func ensureLogsGitignore() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ensureAwGitignore ensures that .github/aw/.gitignore exists and contains the imports/ entry
+func ensureAwGitignore() error {
+	gitLog.Print("Ensuring .github/aw/.gitignore exists")
+	gitRoot, err := findGitRoot()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	awDir := filepath.Join(gitRoot, ".github", "aw")
+	gitignorePath := filepath.Join(awDir, ".gitignore")
+
+	// Check if .gitignore already exists
+	if _, err := os.Stat(gitignorePath); err == nil {
+		gitLog.Print(".github/aw/.gitignore already exists")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	gitLog.Print("Creating .github/aw directory and .gitignore")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(awDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		gitLog.Printf("Failed to create .github/aw directory: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create .github/aw directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	gitignoreContent := `imports/
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(gitignorePath, []byte(gitignoreContent), 0600); err != nil {
+		gitLog.Printf("Failed to write .gitignore: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write .github/aw/.gitignore: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	gitLog.Print("Successfully created .github/aw/.gitignore")
+	return nil
+}
+
 // getCurrentBranch gets the current git branch name
 func getCurrentBranch() (string, error) {
 	gitLog.Print("Getting current git branch")
diff --git a/pkg/cli/init.go b/pkg/cli/init.go
index 21cb5453b3e..dcd7aa50cf4 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/init.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/init.go
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ func InitRepository(opts InitOptions) error {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, console.FormatSuccessMessage("Configured .gitattributes"))
 	}
 
+	// Ensure .github/aw/.gitignore exists with imports/ entry
+	initLog.Print("Ensuring .github/aw/.gitignore exists")
+	if err := ensureAwGitignore(); err != nil {
+		initLog.Printf("Failed to ensure .github/aw/.gitignore: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure .github/aw/.gitignore: %w", err)
+	}
+	if opts.Verbose {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, console.FormatSuccessMessage("Ensured .github/aw/.gitignore"))
+	}
+
 	// Write dispatcher agent
 	initLog.Print("Writing agentic workflows dispatcher agent")
 	if err := ensureAgenticWorkflowsDispatcher(opts.Verbose, false); err != nil {

From be31b048f116ee115839bbbb49b16b40afe018ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:00:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Also gitignore logs/ folder in .github/aw/.gitignore and
 update ensureAwGitignore to handle existing files

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/sessions/c345bb70-3331-45ec-b4b1-65cba155911a

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/aw/.gitignore |  1 +
 pkg/cli/git.go        | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/aw/.gitignore b/.github/aw/.gitignore
index a7fe32e7e32..481353f54b3 100644
--- a/.github/aw/.gitignore
+++ b/.github/aw/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 imports/
+logs/
diff --git a/pkg/cli/git.go b/pkg/cli/git.go
index 14c0be702a3..0d8b2b5adf7 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/git.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/git.go
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ func ensureLogsGitignore() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// ensureAwGitignore ensures that .github/aw/.gitignore exists and contains the imports/ entry
+// awGitignoreEntries lists all entries that must be present in .github/aw/.gitignore.
+var awGitignoreEntries = []string{"imports/", "logs/"}
+
+// ensureAwGitignore ensures that .github/aw/.gitignore exists and contains the required entries.
+// If the file already exists, any missing entries are appended.
 func ensureAwGitignore() error {
 	gitLog.Print("Ensuring .github/aw/.gitignore exists")
 	gitRoot, err := findGitRoot()
@@ -345,26 +349,54 @@ func ensureAwGitignore() error {
 	awDir := filepath.Join(gitRoot, ".github", "aw")
 	gitignorePath := filepath.Join(awDir, ".gitignore")
 
-	// Check if .gitignore already exists
-	if _, err := os.Stat(gitignorePath); err == nil {
-		gitLog.Print(".github/aw/.gitignore already exists")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	gitLog.Print("Creating .github/aw directory and .gitignore")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(awDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		gitLog.Printf("Failed to create .github/aw directory: %v", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create .github/aw directory: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	gitignoreContent := `imports/
-`
-	if err := os.WriteFile(gitignorePath, []byte(gitignoreContent), 0600); err != nil {
+	// Read existing content (if any)
+	existing, readErr := os.ReadFile(gitignorePath)
+	existingContent := ""
+	if readErr == nil {
+		existingContent = string(existing)
+		gitLog.Print(".github/aw/.gitignore already exists, checking for missing entries")
+	}
+
+	// Collect any entries that are not yet present
+	var missing []string
+	for _, entry := range awGitignoreEntries {
+		if !strings.Contains(existingContent, entry) {
+			missing = append(missing, entry)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(missing) == 0 {
+		gitLog.Print(".github/aw/.gitignore already contains all required entries")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Append missing entries (ensure file ends with a newline before appending)
+	appendContent := ""
+	if existingContent != "" && !strings.HasSuffix(existingContent, "\n") {
+		appendContent = "\n"
+	}
+	for _, entry := range missing {
+		appendContent += entry + "\n"
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(gitignorePath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		gitLog.Printf("Failed to open .gitignore for writing: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write .github/aw/.gitignore: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	if _, err := f.WriteString(appendContent); err != nil {
 		gitLog.Printf("Failed to write .gitignore: %v", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write .github/aw/.gitignore: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	gitLog.Print("Successfully created .github/aw/.gitignore")
+	gitLog.Printf("Successfully updated .github/aw/.gitignore (added: %v)", missing)
 	return nil
 }
 

From 25a8c0056f162d7e21a92c18c7fba9ae853c6181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:39:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] =?UTF-8?q?Remove=20duplicate=20logs/=20from=20.github?=
 =?UTF-8?q?/aw/.gitignore=20=E2=80=94=20ensureLogsGitignore=20already=20ha?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ndles=20it?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/sessions/02e89237-8e68-459a-80fa-17ad165a0851

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/aw/.gitignore | 1 -
 pkg/cli/git.go        | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/aw/.gitignore b/.github/aw/.gitignore
index 481353f54b3..a7fe32e7e32 100644
--- a/.github/aw/.gitignore
+++ b/.github/aw/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 imports/
-logs/
diff --git a/pkg/cli/git.go b/pkg/cli/git.go
index 0d8b2b5adf7..fd0b81f6b3c 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/git.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/git.go
@@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ func ensureLogsGitignore() error {
 }
 
 // awGitignoreEntries lists all entries that must be present in .github/aw/.gitignore.
-var awGitignoreEntries = []string{"imports/", "logs/"}
+// Note: the logs/ directory is handled separately by ensureLogsGitignore() which creates
+// .github/aw/logs/.gitignore so that the directory itself remains tracked by git.
+var awGitignoreEntries = []string{"imports/"}
 
 // ensureAwGitignore ensures that .github/aw/.gitignore exists and contains the required entries.
 // If the file already exists, any missing entries are appended.