Function isClaudeMdExcluded

src/utils/claudemd.ts:547–573

* Checks whether a CLAUDE.md file path is excluded by the claudeMdExcludes setting. * Only applies to User, Project, and Local memory types. * Managed, AutoMem, and TeamMem types are never excluded. * * Matches both the original path and the realpath-resolved path to handle symlinks * (e.g., /t

(filePath: string, type: MemoryType)

 * (e.g., /tmp -> /private/tmp on macOS).
 */
function isClaudeMdExcluded(filePath: string, type: MemoryType): boolean {
  if (type !== 'User' && type !== 'Project' && type !== 'Local') {
    return false
  }

  const patterns = getInitialSettings().claudeMdExcludes
  if (!patterns || patterns.length === 0) {
    return false
  }

  const matchOpts = { dot: true }
  const normalizedPath = filePath.replaceAll('\\', '/')

  // Build an expanded pattern list that includes realpath-resolved versions of
  // absolute patterns. This handles symlinks like /tmp -> /private/tmp on macOS:
  // the user writes "/tmp/project/CLAUDE.md" in their exclude, but the system
  // resolves the CWD to "/private/tmp/project/...", so the file path uses the
  // real path. By resolving the patterns too, both sides match.
  const expandedPatterns = resolveExcludePatterns(patterns).filter(
    p => p.length > 0,
  )
  if (expandedPatterns.length === 0) {
    return false
  }

  return picomatch.isMatch(normalizedPath, expandedPatterns, matchOpts)
}

/**
 * Expands exclude patterns by resolving symlinks in absolute path prefixes.