From 130aedc474127f3d8734f324cd5e0a603976b56f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:20:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update regex pattern to match standalone "#ai" comments

---
 aider/watch.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index 7f590c247..d02c49d48 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ def get_ai_comment(filepath, encoding="utf-8"):
     try:
         with open(filepath, encoding=encoding, errors="ignore") as f:
             for line in f:
-                #ai this won't match "#ai" but should. it seems to required a character after
-                if match := re.search(r"(?:#|//) *ai\b(.*)", line, re.IGNORECASE):
+                if match := re.search(r"(?:#|//) *ai\b?(.*)", line, re.IGNORECASE):
                     comment = match.group(1).strip()
                     if comment:
                         comments.append(comment)