Proposal: Add “Let Me Review” Mode + Undo Option for Safer Developer Workflow

[kannanhacker123]

While using Gemini CLI, I noticed that during file modification suggestions, the current options are:

✅ Yes (once)

✅ Yes (always)

✏️ Modify with external editor

❌ No

These are helpful, but I believe there's room to improve the developer experience, especially around safe editing and debugging.

💡 Idea: Add a “Let Me Review” Mode
Instead of directly modifying files, there could be a 4th option:

📁 “Let me review” — Save suggestion to a temp file for later merge

This would:

Save the AI-suggested change to something like .gemini/tmp/code-suggestion.ts

Let users open, test, or integrate the code manually

Avoid potentially destructive or premature edits

🔄 Follow-up Idea: Add gemini undo
In case a change introduces bugs or breaks something, a user could run:

gemini undo

This would roll back all changes made in the last Gemini interaction, using:

A logged history of touched files

Git patch-style snapshots

Or even internal backups

🧪 Why This Might Be Useful
🧘‍♂️ Safe experimentation
Gemini suggestions can sometimes break things or go too far — this gives developers breathing room.

👨‍🔬 Non-destructive testing
You can try changes in a sandbox without touching production files.

🧰 Script-friendly
Could integrate with automation where manual confirmation isn’t ideal, but full automation is too risky.

❓Questions for the Maintainers / Community
Is this already being considered in any roadmap?

Would the team be open to a PR for --review-mode and gemini undo?

Is there internal support for something like a .gemini/tmp/ or sandboxed suggestion flow?

I’d be glad to collaborate on specs or even implementation if there’s interest.

🔗 TL;DR
Add “Let me review” option to save changes instead of directly applying

Add gemini undo to revert last change session

Improves safety, trust, and dev control

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 🙏

[Manamama]

1. --checkpointing
2. --sandbox
3. Any versioning filesystem
4. Default is no YOLO
5. git
6. ...

Am I missing the gist of your question?

[kannanhacker123]

What is gist? I am a beginner so i don't know that much and I also didn't think about other ways i thought there is no so I made this post thanks for replying