From 554fa98c48138e7a66ca83605dfbb97f70848f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:30:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: simplify version check for dev mode

---
 aider/main.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index ad7fb4b7a..85305cc34 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ def launch_gui(args):
         "--server.runOnSave=false",
     ]
 
-    try:
-        is_dev = "-dev" in str(__version__)
-    except TypeError:
-        is_dev = False
+    # https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/2193
+    is_dev = "-dev" in str(__version__)
 
     if is_dev:
         print("Watching for file changes.")