feat: skip gitignore for external patterns

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "srcpack",
-  "version": "0.1.14",
+  "version": "0.1.15",
   "description": "Zero-config CLI for bundling code into LLM-optimized context files",
   "keywords": [
     "llm",

src/bundle.ts

@@ -161,11 +161,22 @@ async function loadGitignore(cwd: string): Promise<GitignoreResult> {
   return { ignore: ig, globPatterns };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a glob pattern references paths outside cwd.
+ * Patterns traversing to parent directories start with ../ (or ./../).
+ */
+function isExternalPattern(pattern: string): boolean {
+  // Handle redundant ./ prefix (e.g., ./../other)
+  const normalized = pattern.startsWith("./") ? pattern.slice(2) : pattern;
+  return normalized.startsWith("../");
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve bundle config to a list of file paths.
  * - Regular patterns respect .gitignore
  * - Force patterns (+prefix) bypass .gitignore
  * - Exclude patterns (!prefix) filter both
+ * - External patterns (../) skip .gitignore entirely
  */
 export async function resolvePatterns(
   config: BundleConfigInput,
@@ -176,10 +187,13 @@ export async function resolvePatterns(
   const { ignore: gitignore, globPatterns } = await loadGitignore(cwd);
   const files = new Set<string>();
 
-  // Regular includes: respect .gitignore
-  // Pass gitignore patterns to fast-glob to skip ignored directories during traversal
-  if (include.length > 0) {
-    const matches = await glob(include, {
+  // Split patterns into internal (within cwd) and external (../ prefixed)
+  const internalPatterns = include.filter((p) => !isExternalPattern(p));
+  const externalPatterns = include.filter(isExternalPattern);
+
+  // Internal patterns: respect .gitignore
+  if (internalPatterns.length > 0) {
+    const matches = await glob(internalPatterns, {
       cwd,
       onlyFiles: true,
       dot: true,
@@ -195,6 +209,23 @@ export async function resolvePatterns(
     }
   }
 
+  // External patterns: skip .gitignore (it doesn't apply outside cwd)
+  if (externalPatterns.length > 0) {
+    const matches = await glob(externalPatterns, {
+      cwd,
+      onlyFiles: true,
+      dot: true,
+    });
+    for (const match of matches) {
+      if (!isExcluded(match, excludeMatchers)) {
+        const fullPath = join(cwd, match);
+        if (!(await isBinary(fullPath))) {
+          files.add(match);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // Force includes: bypass .gitignore (no ignore patterns passed to glob)
   if (force.length > 0) {
     const matches = await glob(force, { cwd, onlyFiles: true, dot: true });

tests/fixtures/gitignore-project/dist/bundle.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// compiled output

tests/unit/bundle.test.ts

@@ -167,6 +167,40 @@ describe("resolvePatterns", () => {
     expect(files).toContain("build/keep.txt"); // Re-included by negation
     expect(files).not.toContain("build/bundle.js"); // Still ignored
   });
+
+  test("should handle patterns pointing outside cwd", async () => {
+    // Use sample-project as cwd and resolve pattern pointing to gitignore-project
+    // External patterns skip .gitignore entirely (it doesn't apply to external files)
+    const files = await resolvePatterns(
+      "../gitignore-project/src/**/*.ts",
+      fixturesDir,
+    );
+
+    // Should include files from the external directory
+    expect(files).toContain("../gitignore-project/src/index.ts");
+    expect(files).toContain("../gitignore-project/src/utils.ts");
+  });
+
+  test("should not apply cwd gitignore to external patterns", async () => {
+    // fixturesDir is sample-project; external pattern points to gitignore-project
+    // Even though "dist" is a common gitignore pattern, external paths skip .gitignore
+    const files = await resolvePatterns(
+      "../gitignore-project/dist/**/*.js",
+      fixturesDir,
+    );
+
+    expect(files).toContain("../gitignore-project/dist/bundle.js");
+  });
+
+  test("should handle ./../ prefix as external pattern", async () => {
+    // Redundant ./ prefix should still be recognized as external
+    const files = await resolvePatterns(
+      "./../gitignore-project/src/**/*.ts",
+      fixturesDir,
+    );
+
+    expect(files).toContain("./../gitignore-project/src/index.ts");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("formatIndex", () => {