charles
November 5, 2025, 7:47pm
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When opening new terminals my “always apply” rules dont apply.
With the latest there is a hint. I have a global rule in a subdirectory
repo1/.cursor/rules/global.mdc
it has alwaysApply: true
However on the settings panel it says “Apply to subdiretory: repo1”
Why, and how do I change this to Apply to all directories?
Create this directory stdructure presumably and see it not load the ruleset.
MacOS
Version: 2.0.63
My project is a toplevel (non git) directrory with multiple git repo’s checked out in subdirectories e.g.
toplevel/repo1
and toplevel is where cursor lives.
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
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condor
November 6, 2025, 5:37am
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hi @charles to make rule work on top level you would need to copy or symlink the rule into top level .cursor/rules directory as the hierarchy is going downward and not upward.
charles
November 7, 2025, 7:53pm
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Im not sure I follow, the rules are all downstream so as long as they are specified in settings, why does it matter what subdirectory they are in?
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charles
November 13, 2025, 10:51pm
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I tried symlinking @condor and I got a rulefile that said it only applied to the directory .cursor/rules ?
condor
November 14, 2025, 2:12pm
5
Yes rules have to be in folder .cursor/rules.
However you can use that folder in the root folder or in the lower level repos.
charles
November 17, 2025, 8:37pm
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Im not following.. This then says those rules will only apply to files inside .cursor/rules, which of course has none of our code in it.
How do i create a rule that says “Apply this to this directory tree completely” and the rule file is here. ?
e.g. I want to see “Apply to subdirectory: *” not “Apply to subdirectory: .cursor/rules”
system
December 9, 2025, 8:38pm
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