gptel-context: Never exclude git-ignored remote files

Author: benthamite

README.org

@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ You can examine the active context from the menu:
 And then browse through or remove context from the context buffer:
 #+html: <img src="https://github.com/karthink/gptel/assets/8607532/79a5ffe8-3d63-4bf7-9bf6-0457ab61bf2a" align="center" alt="Image showing gptel's context buffer.">
 
-By default, files in a repository’s =.gitignore= file are excluded from the context. To include these files, set =gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored= to =nil=.
+By default, files in a local repository’s =.gitignore= file are excluded from the context. To include these files, set =gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored= to =nil=. Note that remote files are always included, regardless of the value of ==gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored==.
 
 *** Handle "reasoning" content
 

gptel-context.el

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ files list."
   (cond ((file-directory-p path)
          (gptel-context--add-directory path 'add git-cache))
         ((and gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored
+	      (not (file-remote-p path))
               (if git-cache
                   ;; Use cached git info if available
                   (let ((git-root (car git-cache))
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ files list."
 Return a cons cell `(git-root . tracked-files)' or nil if not
 applicable."
   (when (and gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored
+	     (not (file-remote-p directory))
 	     (executable-find "git"))
     (when-let ((git-root (locate-dominating-file directory ".git")))
       (cons git-root (gptel-context--get-git-unignored git-root)))))
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ Fall back to nil (allowing all files) if Git command fails."
 (defun gptel-context--git-skip-p (file)
   "Return non-nil if FILE should be skipped due to gitignore rules."
   (when (and gptel-context-exclude-git-ignored
+	     (not (file-remote-p file))
              (executable-find "git"))
     (when-let* ((git-root (locate-dominating-file file ".git"))
                 (rel-path (file-relative-name file git-root)))