This commit adds a new `tutorials.md` file to the CLI documentation.
This section is intended to house various tutorials for using Gemini CLI.
The initial content includes a tutorial on setting up Model Context
Protocol (MCP) servers, using the GitHub MCP server as an example.
The `docs/cli/index.md` has been updated to include a link to this
new tutorials section.
Adds a test case to `settings.test.ts` to specifically verify
the correct resolution of multiple environment variables concatenated
within a single string value (e.g., ${HOST}:${PORT} ).
Refactors the `resolveEnvVarsInObject` function in settings to
explicitly handle primitive types (null, undefined, boolean, number)
at the beginning of the function. This clarifies the logic for
subsequent string, array, and object processing.
This commit introduces the ability to use system environment variables
within the settings files (e.g., `settings.json`). Users can now
reference environment variables using the `${VAR_NAME}` syntax.
This enhancement improves security and flexibility, particularly
for configurations like MCP server settings, which often require
sensitive tokens.
Previously, to configure an MCP server, a token might be directly
embedded:
```json
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "pat_abc123"
}
// ...
}
}
```
With this change, the same configuration can securely reference an
environment variable:
```json
"mcpServers": {
"github": {
"env": {
"GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}"
}
// ...
}
}
```
This allows users to avoid storing secrets directly in configuration files.
Address multiple possible memory leaks found bystatic analysis of the codebase. The primary source of the leaks was event listeners on child processes and global objects that were not being properly removed, potentially causing their closures to be retained in memory indefinitely particularly for processes that did not exit.
There are two commits. A larger one made by gemini CLI and a smaller one by me to make sure we always disconnect child processes as part of the cleanup methods. These changes may not actually fix any leaks but do look like reasonable defensive coding to avoid leaking event listeners or child processes.
The following files were fixed:
This is Gemini's somewhat overconfident description of what it did.
packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts: Fixed a leak where an abortSignal listener was not being reliably removed.
packages/cli/src/utils/readStdin.ts: Fixed a significant leak where listeners on process.stdin were never removed.
packages/cli/src/utils/sandbox.ts: Fixed leaks in the imageExists and pullImage helper functions where listeners on spawned child processes were not being removed.
packages/core/src/tools/grep.ts: Fixed three separate leaks in the isCommandAvailable check and the git grep and system grep strategies due to un-removed listeners on child processes.
packages/core/src/tools/tool-registry.ts: Corrected a leak in the execute method of the DiscoveredTool class where listeners on the spawned tool process were not being removed.
Tolik Malibroda
Jacob Richman
cperry-goog
Tommaso Sciortino
Eddie Santos
matt korwel
Bryan Morgan
Keith Ballinger
jerop
DeWitt Clinton
Miguel Solorio
Brandon Keiji
Olcan
N. Taylor Mullen
anj-s
Riccardo Carlesso