feat(memory): make directory search limit on memory discovery configurable with settings.json (#4460)

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
index 3051da0e..2fb2fcb1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
@@ -319,18 +319,35 @@ My code memory
     });
   });
 
-  it('should respect MAX_DIRECTORIES_TO_SCAN_FOR_MEMORY during downward scan', async () => {
-    // the max depth is 200 so it will give up before searching all these.
-    for (let i = 0; i < 250; i++) {
+  it('should respect the maxDirs parameter during downward scan', async () => {
+    const consoleDebugSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(console, 'debug')
+      .mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
       await createEmptyDir(path.join(cwd, `deep_dir_${i}`));
     }
 
-    // "much_deeper" is alphabetically after "deep_dir_*" so it won't be loaded
-    await createTestFile(
-      path.join(cwd, 'much_deeper', DEFAULT_CONTEXT_FILENAME),
-      'Ignored memory',
+    // Pass the custom limit directly to the function
+    await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
+      cwd,
+      true,
+      new FileDiscoveryService(projectRoot),
+      [],
+      {
+        respectGitIgnore: true,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      },
+      50, // maxDirs
     );
 
+    expect(consoleDebugSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('[DEBUG] [BfsFileSearch]'),
+      expect.stringContaining('Scanning [50/50]:'),
+    );
+
+    vi.mocked(console.debug).mockRestore();
+
     const result = await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
       cwd,
       false,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
index 33231823..88c82373 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ const logger = {
     console.error('[ERROR] [MemoryDiscovery]', ...args),
 };
 
-const MAX_DIRECTORIES_TO_SCAN_FOR_MEMORY = 200;
-
 interface GeminiFileContent {
   filePath: string;
   content: string | null;
@@ -90,6 +88,7 @@ async function getGeminiMdFilePathsInternal(
   fileService: FileDiscoveryService,
   extensionContextFilePaths: string[] = [],
   fileFilteringOptions: FileFilteringOptions,
+  maxDirs: number,
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   const allPaths = new Set<string>();
   const geminiMdFilenames = getAllGeminiMdFilenames();
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ async function getGeminiMdFilePathsInternal(
 
     const downwardPaths = await bfsFileSearch(resolvedCwd, {
       fileName: geminiMdFilename,
-      maxDirs: MAX_DIRECTORIES_TO_SCAN_FOR_MEMORY,
+      maxDirs,
       debug: debugMode,
       fileService,
       fileFilteringOptions: mergedOptions, // Pass merged options as fileFilter
@@ -295,6 +294,7 @@ export async function loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
   fileService: FileDiscoveryService,
   extensionContextFilePaths: string[] = [],
   fileFilteringOptions?: FileFilteringOptions,
+  maxDirs: number = 200,
 ): Promise<{ memoryContent: string; fileCount: number }> {
   if (debugMode)
     logger.debug(
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export async function loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
     fileService,
     extensionContextFilePaths,
     fileFilteringOptions || DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
+    maxDirs,
   );
   if (filePaths.length === 0) {
     if (debugMode) logger.debug('No GEMINI.md files found in hierarchy.');