@file does not work when modified in external editor

[jdreddaway-google]

What happened?

If I create a prompt in an external editor using ctrl-X, and that prompt has files included using the @path/to/file syntax, Gemini CLI does not automatically load those files immediately upon pressing enter. It looks like the LLM has to initiate the read of those files itself, wasting tokens.

What did you expect to happen?

@files are immediately loaded upon sending the prompt to Gemini CLI.

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Client Information

Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
# paste output here

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[achaljhawar]

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