Entire files are being added to context without consent - (this drastically increases token consumption and is a privacy issue)

[mathiasleroy]

Before submitting your bug report

• I've tried using the "Ask AI" feature on the Continue docs site to see if the docs have an answer
• I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: windows
- Continue version: 1.2.4
- IDE version: vscode
- Model: any (I use api models in chat mode)

Description

Whole files are being added to the context without being notified before sending the request.

Sending this will automatically add my whole file to the context.

And I don't see any way to know this or disable this before pressing send.

To reproduce

1. open a file
2. select a line of code
3. press ctrl-shift-L open a new chat and to add this single line to the context
4. ask something e.g. "explain"
5. press send ! EDIT: it seems clicking Send with the mouse is important here, not press enter with keyboard.
6. "1 context item" will be automatically added, which is the whole file where the line was taken from.

[mathiasleroy]

note that this setting is disabled

[RomneyDa]

@mathiasleroy this happens when you use cmd+enter to submit, are you using cmd+enter by chance?

[mathiasleroy]

@RomneyDa I'm not pressing cmd, only enter.

[RomneyDa]

I have not been able to duplicate this yet, it might be windows specific, will try on windows soon

[juanfcocontreras]

I have not been able to duplicate this yet, it might be windows specific, will try on windows soon

I use a Mac, and if I don't select anything, the contents of the file I'm in are added by default (as if I had selected all the content of the file), unlike previous versions where if I pressed cmd-L without selecting anything, nothing was added.

[RomneyDa]

@juanfcocontreras which version are you using? Have you checked the user settings page toggle from the screenshot?

[juanfcocontreras]

@juanfcocontreras which version are you using? Have you checked the user settings page toggle from the screenshot?

I am using the latest stable version (1.2.7) and I have disabled the option to attach the entire file. I am attaching a screencast in case it may be helpful. When I have something selected, it only attaches that, but when I don't have anything selected, it attaches the entire contents of the file. This happens to me in the latest versions; I couldn't say exactly since when, but it didn't happen to me before.

[RomneyDa]

Got it, and @juanfcocontreras you're also not hitting cmd + enter, to double check? We did change it so that cmd + enter adds current file rather than triggering @codebase