From 10f2e114c5be56d2b8b1687006ca5f7abd9515ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:24:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added a new parameter `aider_ignore_file` to the `__init__`
 method of `GitRepo` class and added a new method `filter_ignored_files` to
 filter files based on gitignore type specs.

---
 aider/repo.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/repo.py b/aider/repo.py
index 8be07641f..5a472b9c4 100644
--- a/aider/repo.py
+++ b/aider/repo.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from .dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 class GitRepo:
     repo = None
 
-    def __init__(self, io, fnames, git_dname):
+    def __init__(self, io, fnames, git_dname, aider_ignore_file=None):
         self.io = io
 
         if git_dname:
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class GitRepo:
         self.repo = git.Repo(repo_paths.pop(), odbt=git.GitDB)
         self.root = utils.safe_abs_path(self.repo.working_tree_dir)
 
+        self.aider_ignore_file = aider_ignore_file
+
     def commit(self, fnames=None, context=None, prefix=None, message=None):
         if not fnames and not self.repo.is_dirty():
             return
@@ -195,6 +197,12 @@ class GitRepo:
 
         return res
 
+    def filter_ignored_files(self, fnames):
+        if not self.aider_ignore_file:
+            return
+
+        # todo: use pathspec to filter fnames according to the gitignore type specs in self.aider_ignore_file
+
     def path_in_repo(self, path):
         if not self.repo:
             return