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Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by artdigital »

barrkel wrote: post #40
thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

Jules works in a VM, asynchronously, on a separate checkout of the code. Gemini CLI works synchronously with the user (unless you YOLO) and in your own directory on your own machine on your own checkout. Two different modalities.

And Gemini CLI github action (this project) runs again in a VM (github action runner) on a separate checkout of the code. This is what OP meant with multiple coding agents.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by mohsen1 »

jtrn wrote: post #11

The amount of time I have to spend on investigations, to understand the basics of what something ACTUALLY IS, never ceases to amaze me. Having to scrape away buzzwords, ill-conceived descriptions, and unnecessary verbose stuff... it's tiresome. So i THINK this is what it IS: A GitHub Action that can be included in GitHub workflow YAML files. It executes the Gemini CLI, passing in prompts, repo context, and event data…

it says "in the chat interface" write this and that. what chat interface?

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by Workaccount2 »

thecupisblue wrote: post #20
vasco wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Even thought they have access to my Google Account and my phone, their Gemini app is useless. This is the funniest thing to me. When you open the app, Gemini says: "Hello, Vasco" In the welcome screen. I then ask this amazing intelligence this question: "What's my name?" "I do not know your name. I am an AI and I don't have access to your personal information." I know why it happens, but it's so funny.

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were joking.

To be fair, the "Hello Vasco" is a generated background image and not part of the chat context. But still, you would think they would put your name in the system prompt.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by nstart »

thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

Also, if you are on Google Workspace, then everything changes there too. Activating the Gemini CLI is a smile while crying emoji kind of activity if you are trying to provide this to an entire organization [1]

[1]: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/docs/c...

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by Workaccount2 »

artdigital wrote: post #13

I wonder why they call this `gemini cli`, it's not really a CLI anymore when it's primarily used through GitHub, is it? Why not follow Claude Code naming with this and just call it `gemini github action` or `run gemini`?

This is an add-on to Gemini-CLI, which is entirely local.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by criley2 »

artdigital wrote: post #14
criley2 wrote: post #6

Curious to try this against the Github (website) Agent. The website Agent is definitely dumber than the vscode agent (because it has to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to build and start my monorepo apps) but on the flip side, it doesn't take up my computer and thus any value it creates is additive. We have tried out Gemini code review vs Copilot code review and Gemini is consistently offering better code review ti…

> Curious to try this against the Github (website) Agent. The website Agent is definitely dumber than the vscode agent (because it has to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to build and start my monorepo apps) but on the flip side, it doesn't take up my computer and thus any value it creates is additive. Yeah that's on you. Add a `copilot-instructions.md` file and configure the `copilot-setup-steps.yml` workflow to se…

I have a well documented copilot-instructions.md (and have used githubs new agentic self-documentation prompt) and the reality is that it takes about 15-20 minutes to build and start multiple react, reactnative and expressjs projects.

Github now appears to support defining setup tasks in a Github Action that runs prior to the agent, so that's the next avenue of research.

Regardless, the website agent will always be slower. My local is already running and fully ready to go so the ide agent can hit the ground running on any task. The website agent has to spin up a machine and install and build. It will take time.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by TNWin »

Sorry to be blunt, but Google needs a better Product Marketing team.

As an engineering manager with an AI budget, I'm always looking for better and cheaper tools.

I have a decade of engineering experience and consider myself fairly intelligent.

I still can't figure out what this is, who it's for, or how much it costs.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by rs186 »

ryoshu wrote: post #35
radarsat1 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm honestly a bit confused by the free tier of Gemini. I've been using it with different agents (Aider, and then Crush), and I hit the rate limits FAST. Like, after maybe 5 or 6 requests it just blows up. Then I can try again quite a few times, and it hits the limit. Then eventually I guess I hit my daily limit and it just stops working until the next day. I mean this has been enough to get my feet wet and have some…

With Gemini CLI I blow through Pro requests in Glad I didn't add an API key. I've had friends who did and ended up with $xxx in charges because the models can't think or use tools properly.

This. I have a side project that I intend to finish in vibe coding mode, but Gemini CLI has been stuck fixing build errors for an hour, after multiple attempts to correct errors or refactor code. The interfaces don't even make any sense. Time for me to go in and fix the mess myself.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by ncrmro »

We’ve been having really good results with Copilot Agent. Sometimes we have to close a PR and refine the issue or pull down and work locally on cursor but it also jumpstarts a lot of stuff.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by coredog64 »

v5v3 wrote: post #28

Isn't there not a trademark issue over naming it Gemini CLI GitHub Actions? As Microsoft own GitHub and it's a competitor.

Having seen this play out at another hyperscaler, the practical distinction is that as long as the non-GH product name comes first, that's enough to avoid confusion.
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