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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { GitIgnoreParser, GitIgnoreFilter } from './gitIgnoreParser.js';
+import { isGitRepository } from './gitUtils.js';
+import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Dirent } from 'fs';
+
+// Simple console logger for now.
+// TODO: Integrate with a more robust server-side logger.
+const logger = {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  debug: (...args: any[]) => console.debug('[DEBUG] [BfsFileSearch]', ...args),
+};
+
+interface BfsFileSearchOptions {
+  fileName: string;
+  ignoreDirs?: string[];
+  maxDirs?: number;
+  debug?: boolean;
+  respectGitIgnore?: boolean;
+  projectRoot?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs a breadth-first search for a specific file within a directory structure.
+ *
+ * @param rootDir The directory to start the search from.
+ * @param options Configuration for the search.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of paths where the file was found.
+ */
+export async function bfsFileSearch(
+  rootDir: string,
+  options: BfsFileSearchOptions,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const {
+    fileName,
+    ignoreDirs = [],
+    maxDirs = Infinity,
+    debug = false,
+    respectGitIgnore = true,
+    projectRoot = rootDir,
+  } = options;
+  const foundFiles: string[] = [];
+  const queue: string[] = [rootDir];
+  const visited = new Set<string>();
+  let scannedDirCount = 0;
+
+  let gitIgnoreFilter: GitIgnoreFilter | null = null;
+  if (respectGitIgnore && isGitRepository(projectRoot)) {
+    const parser = new GitIgnoreParser(projectRoot);
+    await parser.initialize();
+    gitIgnoreFilter = parser;
+  }
+
+  while (queue.length > 0 && scannedDirCount < maxDirs) {
+    const currentDir = queue.shift()!;
+    if (visited.has(currentDir)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    visited.add(currentDir);
+    scannedDirCount++;
+
+    if (debug) {
+      logger.debug(`Scanning [${scannedDirCount}/${maxDirs}]: ${currentDir}`);
+    }
+
+    let entries: Dirent[];
+    try {
+      entries = await fs.readdir(currentDir, { withFileTypes: true });
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore errors for directories we can't read (e.g., permissions)
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const fullPath = path.join(currentDir, entry.name);
+      if (gitIgnoreFilter?.isIgnored(fullPath)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+        if (!ignoreDirs.includes(entry.name)) {
+          queue.push(fullPath);
+        }
+      } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name === fileName) {
+        foundFiles.push(fullPath);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return foundFiles;
+}