diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index ebd36a941..8d0d6a265 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -2061,9 +2061,8 @@ class Coder:
             if output:
                 accumulated_output += f"Output from {command}\n{output}\n"
 
-        if accumulated_output.strip() and not self.io.confirm_ask(
+        if accumulated_output.strip() and self.io.confirm_ask(
             "Add command output to the chat?", allow_never=True
         ):
-            accumulated_output = ""
-
-        return accumulated_output
+            self.io.output("Added ## lines of output to the chat") # TODO
+            return accumulated_output