You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
File SafetyArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.271,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code fetches a file and its destination would land inside a protected directory, such as a git internals folder, or a hooks, tool, or agent configuration directory, or the destination is a symlink pointing outside the current working scratch area, the file is no longer written there. Instead, Claude Code shows a message explaining the file was 'set aside' rather than saved, and a new filtering step checks each candidate destination for this condition before saving.
Why
This stops a fetched file from silently landing somewhere that could alter git behavior, hooks, or tool and agent configuration, protecting sensitive setup files from unintended changes.
