feat: add --add-dir flag for extra writable roots #5335
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| Need to work across multiple projects? Pass `--add-dir` one or more times to expose extra directories as writable roots for the current session while keeping the main working directory unchanged. For example: | ||
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| ```shell | ||
| codex --cd apps/frontend --add-dir ../backend --add-dir ../shared |
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I see we are supporting adding multiple directories. Let's add an example for that
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Add a
--add-dirCLI flag so sessions can use extra writable roots in addition to the ones specified in the config file. These are ephemerally added during the session only.Fixes #3303
Fixes #2797