dsh-plugin-better-glob

When you run glob searches through DSH, the built-in tool plunges indiscriminately into node_modules, dist, .venv, .gradle, and other bottomless directories, burning tokens and slowing down every response. The files the model actually needs are rarely hiding in there. dsh-plugin-better-glob shadows the built-in glob at the per-agent scope layer and prunes roughly thirty common artifact and dependency directories during the ripgrep walk phase, not after the fact. Pruned subtrees never reach the result set, while the familiar 100-result cap and spill-recovery behavior stay intact.\n\nThe core mechanism is an include whitelist. If the model genuinely needs to search a pruned directory, it must explicitly pass an include pattern segment in the call parameters, which un-prunes that directory for that invocation only. include governs directory-level pruning alone; pattern remains the sole path matcher, keeping the two responsibilities cleanly separated. VCS metadata directories such as .git, .svn, and .hg are permanently excluded with no override, guarding against accidental exposure of sensitive data. The plugin touches no built-in plugin registration surface and leaves grep completely untouched.\n\nIt is best suited for developers working in large monorepos or polyglot codebases where toolchain artifacts like Python venvs, Gradle caches, Terraform state, and SvelteKit outputs intermingle with business code. The default exclude list can be wholesale replaced via excludeDirs, and tuning knobs such as globMaxResults and timeoutMs mirror built-in semantics, making adoption low-friction and easily reversible.