Gemini CLI Update (2025-07-08) – Generated from commit logs using the CLI itself

Overview ​

From July 6th to July 8th, 2025, there were 24 commits involving multiple feature improvements, bug fixes, and code refactoring.

Major Improvement Areas ​

1. Authentication and Security ​

• Cloud Shell authentication reuse
• Authentication validation tests
• WIF authentication migration

2. MCP (Model Context Protocol) Tools ​

• Tool filtering and include/exclude functionality
• Startup initialization optimization
• Server name flags

3. User Experience ​

• Help message improvements
• Error message optimization
• Shortcut display

4. File Processing ​

• SVG file support
• File editing tool improvements
• GitIgnore configuration fixes

5. Interface and Rendering ​

• Markdown rendering fixes
• Slash command refactoring
• Double ESC key fixes

Major Changes by Date ​

2025-07-08 ​

• a34cc612 - Disable scheduled jobs in forked repo (#3093)

2025-07-07 (Main Development Day) ​

Feature Enhancements ​

• ba58e077 - Add general usage message to --help message (#3500)
• 48c2aa29 - Enable Gemini CLI to reuse user's auth in Cloud Shell (#3070)
• aa10ccba - Refactor Slash Command + Vision For the Future (#3175)
• 524ede52 - Add .svg support (#3229)
• 355fb4ac - Add excludeTools and includeTools to mcpServers config (#2976)
• 229ae036 - Add --allowed_mcp_server_names flag (#3464)
• 87a44ec4 - Improve error messages in isCommandAllowed (#3349)

Bug Fixes ​

• 4e84989d - Fix double "esc" bug in Auth dialog (#3493)
• 426b6905 - Fix typo and add tests for auth validation (#3491)
• 97a472f2 - Prevent Tab from auto-executing incomplete slash commands (#2919)
• 8f4046c7 - Fix EditTool can clobber human edits to the same file (#3043)
• 97d9386e - Fix @file don't respect config respectGitIgnore=false (#3382, #3387)
• bb8f6b37 - Fix nested markdown rendering for table headers and rows (#3331, #3362)
• b70fba5b - Fix respect env variables in .env for settings.json variable substitution (#3416)

Code Refactoring and Optimization ​

• a4097ae6 - Release and Packaging: Clean up (#3489)
• 357546a2 - Initialize MCP tools once at start up instead of every time we auth (#3483)
• 6eccb474 - Rename allowed_mcp_server_names to allowed-mcp-server-names (#3469)
• 2b135d0e - Remove unneeded code (#3467)
• 17dfa267 - Re-enable backticks in shell tool usage (#3360)

Infrastructure and Testing ​

• 48ebd728 - Migrate Gemini CLI Action workflows to Direct WIF authentication (#3456)
• aa8e5776 - Add new test to verify that when an Authorization header is provided (#3023)

Documentation Updates ​

• 7cc84cd6 - Update README.md to show API key usage for Vertex (#3060)

2025-07-06 ​

• 20825e41 - Release misc (#3418)
• 39d4095a - YOLO mode shortcut displayed inside /help (#3367)

2025-07-05 (Included in scope) ​

• 39e85094 - Add user startup warnings, add home directory check (#3056)

Statistics ​

• Total commits: 24
• Main development date: July 7th, 2025 (19 commits)
• Number of PRs involved: 24
• Main contributors include multiple collaborators

These changes demonstrate the project's continuous efforts in feature enhancement, user experience optimization, and code quality improvement.