Add AskCoder functionality to handle user questions about the codebase

aider/coders/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .single_wholefile_func_coder import SingleWholeFileFunctionCoder
 from .udiff_coder import UnifiedDiffCoder
 from .wholefile_coder import WholeFileCoder
 from .wholefile_func_coder import WholeFileFunctionCoder
-from .chat_coder import ChatCoder
+from .ask_coder import AskCoder
 
 __all__ = [
     Coder,
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ __all__ = [
     SingleWholeFileFunctionCoder,
     UnifiedDiffCoder,
     HelpCoder,
-    ChatCoder,
+    AskCoder,
 ]

aider/coders/ask_coder.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from aider import diffs
 
 from ..dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from .base_coder import Coder
-from .chat_prompts import ChatPrompts
+from .ask_prompts import AskPrompts
 
 
-class ChatCoder(Coder):
-    edit_format = "chat"
-    gpt_prompts = ChatPrompts()
+class AskCoder(Coder):
+    edit_format = "ask"
+    gpt_prompts = AskPrompts()

aider/commands.py

@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ class Commands:
             self.help = Help()
 
         coder = Coder.create(
-            main_model=self.coder.main_model,
             io=self.io,
             from_coder=self.coder,
             edit_format="help",
@@ -723,8 +722,8 @@ class Commands:
             dict(role="assistant", content=assistant_msg),
         ]
 
-    def cmd_chat(self, args):
-        "Chat with the AI about the current project"
+    def cmd_ask(self, args):
+        "Ask questions about the code base without editing any files"
 
         if not args.strip():
             self.io.tool_error("Please provide a question or topic for the chat.")
@@ -733,10 +732,9 @@ class Commands:
         from aider.coders import Coder
 
         chat_coder = Coder.create(
-            main_model=self.coder.main_model,
             io=self.io,
             from_coder=self.coder,
-            edit_format="chat",
+            edit_format="ask",
             summarize_from_coder=False,
         )