From 913324be1957decc1c71fea8405bd41caf29d39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aleksana <me@aleksana.moe>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:23:21 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] gemini-cli: disable auto update for real

---
 pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
index d5a132cc16e1..5a67ae11d392 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
@@ -47,8 +47,16 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
     # Remove node-pty dependency from packages/core/package.json
     ${jq}/bin/jq 'del(.optionalDependencies."node-pty")' packages/core/package.json > packages/core/package.json.tmp && mv packages/core/package.json.tmp packages/core/package.json
 
-    # Get rid of auto-update
+    # Ideal method to disable auto-update
     sed -i '/disableAutoUpdate: {/,/}/ s/default: false/default: true/' packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
+
+    # Disable auto-update for real because the default value in settingsSchema isn't cleanly applied
+    # https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/13569
+    substituteInPlace packages/cli/src/utils/handleAutoUpdate.ts \
+      --replace-fail "settings.merged.general?.disableAutoUpdate ?? false" "settings.merged.general?.disableAutoUpdate ?? true" \
+      --replace-fail "settings.merged.general?.disableAutoUpdate" "(settings.merged.general?.disableAutoUpdate ?? true)"
+    substituteInPlace packages/cli/src/ui/utils/updateCheck.ts \
+      --replace-fail "settings.merged.general?.disableUpdateNag" "(settings.merged.general?.disableUpdateNag ?? true)"
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''