From f4f82a09d749da0bcd736600e621b0ed2a089635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yomi Colledge <37376+baphled@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:54:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(llm_tools): Improve the permissions logic (#2506)

Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci-lite[bot] <117423508+pre-commit-ci-lite[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua b/lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua
index bd4e09b..3f0be92 100644
--- a/lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ end
 function M.has_permission_to_access(abs_path)
   if not Path:new(abs_path):is_absolute() then return false end
   local project_root = Utils.get_project_root()
-  if abs_path:sub(1, #project_root) ~= project_root then return false end
+  -- allow if inside project root OR inside user config dir
+  local config_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("config")
+  local in_project = abs_path:sub(1, #project_root) == project_root
+  local in_config = abs_path:sub(1, #config_dir) == config_dir
+  if not in_project and not in_config then return false end
   return not M.is_ignored(abs_path)
 end