From bcdc0217b3249ed0698da1e6f8dd14f436327907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: apaz-cli <aarpazdera@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:09:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Don't add .env to gitignore when it doesn't exist.

---
 aider/main.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 4e6aa1564..8b2cd3b24 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ def check_gitignore(git_root, io, ask=True):
             existing_lines = content.splitlines()
             for pat in patterns:
                 if pat not in existing_lines:
-                    patterns_to_add.append(pat)
+                    if '*' in pat or (Path(git_root) / pat).exists():
+                        patterns_to_add.append(pat)
         except OSError as e:
             io.tool_error(f"Error when trying to read {gitignore_file}: {e}")
             return