Configure AI exclusion files

Gemini for Google Cloud release notes
June 12, 2025

Features:

• Configure AI exclusion files
• You can now configure the use of .aiexclude and .gitignore files to exclude files from the local context with VS Code Gemini Code Assist (version 2.36.0).
• Add code snippets to the chat context
• You can now select, attach, and direct Gemini to focus on code snippets with VS Code Gemini Code Assist (version 2.36.0). Code snippet selection enables analysis of smaller code blocks instead of entire files, as Preview.
• Add terminal output to the chat context
• Terminal output can now be attached to the chat context with VS Code Gemini Code Assist (version 2.36.0). You can now ask Gemini Code Assist questions about terminal commands and output, as Preview.