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aider/args.py

@@ -20,42 +20,6 @@ def default_env_file(git_root):
     return os.path.join(git_root, ".env") if git_root else ".env"
 
 
-def get_preparser(default_config_files, git_root):
-    parser = configargparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="aider is GPT powered coding in your terminal",
-        add_config_file_help=True,
-        default_config_files=default_config_files,
-        config_file_parser_class=configargparse.YAMLConfigFileParser,
-        auto_env_var_prefix="AIDER_",
-    )
-
-    add_env_file(parser, git_root)
-    add_config_option(parser)
-    return parser
-
-
-def add_env_file(parser, git_root):
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--env-file",
-        metavar="ENV_FILE",
-        default=default_env_file(git_root),
-        help="Specify the .env file to load (default: .env in git root)",
-    )
-
-
-def add_config_option(parser):
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-c",
-        "--config",
-        is_config_file=True,
-        metavar="CONFIG_FILE",
-        help=(
-            "Specify the config file (default: search for .aider.conf.yml in git root, cwd"
-            " or home directory)"
-        ),
-    )
-
-
 def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
     parser = configargparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="aider is GPT powered coding in your terminal",
@@ -239,7 +203,12 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
     )
     # This is a duplicate of the argument in the preparser and is a no-op by this time of
     # argument parsing, but it's here so that the help is displayed as expected.
-    add_env_file(group, git_root)
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--env-file",
+        metavar="ENV_FILE",
+        default=default_env_file(git_root),
+        help="Specify the .env file to load (default: .env in git root)",
+    )
 
     ##########
     group = parser.add_argument_group("History Files")
@@ -513,7 +482,16 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
         default="utf-8",
         help="Specify the encoding for input and output (default: utf-8)",
     )
-    add_config_option(group)
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--config",
+        is_config_file=True,
+        metavar="CONFIG_FILE",
+        help=(
+            "Specify the config file (default: search for .aider.conf.yml in git root, cwd"
+            " or home directory)"
+        ),
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "--gui",
         "--browser",

aider/main.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from prompt_toolkit.enums import EditingMode
 from streamlit.web import cli
 
 from aider import __version__, models, utils
-from aider.args import get_parser, get_preparser
+from aider.args import get_parser
 from aider.coders import Coder
 from aider.commands import SwitchModel
 from aider.io import InputOutput
@@ -281,13 +281,14 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
     default_config_files.append(Path.home() / conf_fname)  # homedir
     default_config_files = list(map(str, default_config_files))
 
-    preparser = get_preparser(default_config_files, git_root)
+    parser = get_parser(default_config_files, git_root)
-    pre_args, _ = preparser.parse_known_args(argv)
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
 
     # Load the .env file specified in the arguments
-    load_dotenv(pre_args.env_file)
+    if hasattr(args, "env_file"):
+        load_dotenv(args.env_file)
 
-    parser = get_parser(default_config_files, git_root)
+    # Parse again to include any arguments that might have been defined in .env
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     if not args.verify_ssl: