diff --git a/src/test/gitea.test.js b/src/test/gitea.test.js
index 9d92158..b6a4748 100644
--- a/src/test/gitea.test.js
+++ b/src/test/gitea.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, afterEach, mock } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import axios from 'axios';
-import { getPRDiff, filterDiff, postComment, postPullReviewComment, postPullReview, getCommitMessageBySha, getBranchHeadCommitMessage, shouldSkipBotCommit, getBotReviewOutcome, listPullReviews, getPullReviewComments, listAllReviewComments, resolvePullReviewComment, getFileContentAtRef } from '../gitea.js';
+import { getPRDiff, filterDiff, parseReviewIgnore, getReviewIgnore, DEFAULT_REVIEW_IGNORE, postComment, postPullReviewComment, postPullReview, getCommitMessageBySha, getBranchHeadCommitMessage, shouldSkipBotCommit, getBotReviewOutcome, listPullReviews, getPullReviewComments, listAllReviewComments, resolvePullReviewComment, getFileContentAtRef } from '../gitea.js';
 
 afterEach(() => mock.restoreAll());
 
@@ -259,3 +259,31 @@ describe('filterDiff', () => {
     assert.ok(result.includes('src/main.js'));
   });
 });
+
+describe('parseReviewIgnore', () => {
+  it('parses prefixes, skipping blanks and comments', () => {
+    const text = '# comment\n\n.gitea/\n  dist/  \n# another\nREADME.md\n';
+    assert.deepEqual(parseReviewIgnore(text), ['.gitea/', 'dist/', 'README.md']);
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty array for empty/nullish input', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseReviewIgnore(''), []);
+    assert.deepEqual(parseReviewIgnore(null), []);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getReviewIgnore', () => {
+  it('uses patterns fetched from .reviewignore when present', async () => {
+    mock.method(axios, 'get', async () => ({
+      data: { content: Buffer.from('a/\nb/\n# c\n').toString('base64'), encoding: 'base64' },
+    }));
+    const patterns = await getReviewIgnore();
+    assert.deepEqual(patterns, ['a/', 'b/']);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the default list when .reviewignore is missing/empty', async () => {
+    mock.method(axios, 'get', async () => ({ data: {} }));
+    const patterns = await getReviewIgnore();
+    assert.deepEqual(patterns, DEFAULT_REVIEW_IGNORE);
+  });
+});