Merge branch 'main' into issue-73

HISTORY.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 ### Next release
 
 - Added `--dark-mode` to select colors suitable for a dark terminal background
+- Reorganized the `--help` output
+- Bugfix so that aider throws an exception when OpenAI returns InvalidRequest
+- Bugfix/improvement to /add and /drop to recurse selected directories
+- Bugfix for live diff output when using "whole" edit format
 
 ### v0.8.2
 

README.md

@@ -176,4 +176,8 @@ This minimizes your use of the context window, as well as costs.
 * "Aider ... has easily quadrupled my coding productivity." -- [SOLAR_FIELDS](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36212100)
 * "What an amazing tool. It's incredible." -- [valyagolev](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/6#issue-1722897858)
 * "It was WAY faster than I would be getting off the ground and making the first few working versions." -- [Daniel Feldman](https://twitter.com/d_feldman/status/1662295077387923456)
+* "Amazing project, definitely the best AI coding assistant I've used." -- [joshuavial](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/84)
 
+## FAQ
+
+For more information, see the [FAQ](https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html).

aider/coders/wholefile_coder.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class WholeFileCoder(Coder):
                     full_path = (Path(self.root) / fname).absolute()
 
                     if mode == "diff":
-                        output += self.do_live_diff(full_path, new_lines)
+                        output += self.do_live_diff(full_path, new_lines, True)
                     else:
                         edits.append((fname, fname_source, new_lines))
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class WholeFileCoder(Coder):
             if fname is not None:
                 # ending an existing block
                 full_path = (Path(self.root) / fname).absolute()
-                output += self.do_live_diff(full_path, new_lines)
+                output += self.do_live_diff(full_path, new_lines, False)
             return "\n".join(output)
 
         if fname:
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ class WholeFileCoder(Coder):
 
         return edited
 
-    def do_live_diff(self, full_path, new_lines):
+    def do_live_diff(self, full_path, new_lines, final):
         if full_path.exists():
             orig_lines = self.io.read_text(full_path).splitlines(keepends=True)
 
             show_diff = diffs.diff_partial_update(
                 orig_lines,
                 new_lines,
-                final=True,
+                final=final,
             ).splitlines()
             output = show_diff
         else:

docs/faq.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 Aider does not officially support use with LLMs other than OpenAI's gpt-3.5-turbo and gpt-4
 and their variants.
 
-It generally requires some model-specific tuning to get prompts and
-editing formats working well. For example, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 use very
+It seems to require model-specific tuning to get prompts and
+editing formats working well with a new model. For example, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 use very
 different prompts and editing formats in aider right now. 
 Adopting new LLMs will probably require a similar effort to tailor the
 prompting and edit formats.
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ That said, aider does provide some features to experiment with other models.
 If you can make the model accessible via an OpenAI compatible API,
 you can use `--openai-api-base` to connect to a different API endpoint.
 
-Here is are some
+Here are some
 [GitHub issues which may contain relevant information](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22openai-api-base%22+).
 
 [LocalAI](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI)
-looks like a relevant tool to serve many local models via a compatible API:
+and
+[SimpleAI](https://github.com/lhenault/simpleAI)
+look like relevant tools to serve local models via a compatible API:
 
 
 ## Can I change the system prompts that aider uses?
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ has provided this
 ## How do I get ctags working?
 
 First, be aware that ctags is completely optional and not required to use aider.
+Aider only attempts to use ctags with GPT-4,
+and currently doesn't use ctags with GPT-3.5. 
 
 If you wish to use ctags, you should consult the
 [universal ctags repo](https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags)

tests/test_wholefile.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from aider import models
 from aider.coders import Coder
 from aider.coders.wholefile_coder import WholeFileCoder
+from aider.dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from aider.io import InputOutput
 
 
@@ -76,6 +77,24 @@ class TestWholeFileCoder(unittest.TestCase):
             updated_content = f.read()
         self.assertEqual(updated_content, "Updated content\n")
 
+    def test_update_files_live_diff(self):
+        # Create a sample file in the temporary directory
+        sample_file = "sample.txt"
+        with open(sample_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("\n".join(map(str, range(0, 100))))
+
+        # Initialize WholeFileCoder with the temporary directory
+        io = InputOutput(yes=True)
+        coder = WholeFileCoder(main_model=models.GPT35, io=io, fnames=[sample_file])
+
+        # Set the partial response content with the updated content
+        coder.partial_response_content = f"{sample_file}\n```\n0\n\1\n2\n"
+
+        lines = coder.update_files(mode="diff").splitlines()
+
+        # the live diff should be concise, since we haven't changed anything yet
+        self.assertLess(len(lines), 20)
+
     def test_update_files_with_existing_fence(self):
         # Create a sample file in the temporary directory
         sample_file = "sample.txt"