From 775fbe95f9237b7b7fa156ab3067cfbdefe7e713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <paul@geomagical.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 19:27:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow directories to be provided on the command line; use
 them to find the git repo

---
 aider/coder.py | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/coder.py b/aider/coder.py
index c07f7afe9..d8e3f3ba5 100755
--- a/aider/coder.py
+++ b/aider/coder.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Coder:
     repo = None
     last_aider_commit_hash = None
 
-    def __init__(self, main_model, files, pretty, history_file, show_diffs):
+    def __init__(self, main_model, fnames, pretty, history_file, show_diffs):
         self.history_file = history_file
 
         if pretty:
@@ -48,17 +48,8 @@ class Coder:
                 f"[red bold]This tool will almost certainly fail to work with {main_model}"
             )
 
-        for fname in files:
-            fname = Path(fname)
-            if not fname.exists():
-                self.console.print(f"[red]Creating {fname}")
-                fname.touch()
-            else:
-                self.console.print(f"[red]Loading {fname}")
+        self.set_repo(fnames)
 
-            self.abs_fnames.add(os.path.abspath(str(fname)))
-
-        self.set_repo()
         if not self.repo:
             self.console.print(
                 "[red bold]No suitable git repo, will not automatically commit edits."
@@ -73,9 +64,14 @@ class Coder:
         self.root = os.path.dirname(common_prefix)
         self.console.print(f"[red]Common root directory: {self.root}")
 
-    def set_repo(self):
+    def set_repo(self, cmd_line_fnames):
+        abs_fnames = [Path(fn).resolve() for fn in cmd_line_fnames]
+
         repo_paths = []
-        for fname in self.abs_fnames:
+        for fname in abs_fnames:
+            if not fname.exists():
+                self.console.print(f"[red]Creating {fname}")
+                fname.touch()
             try:
                 repo_path = git.Repo(fname, search_parent_directories=True).git_dir
                 repo_paths.append(repo_path)
@@ -96,7 +92,14 @@ class Coder:
         self.root = repo.working_tree_dir
 
         new_files = []
-        for fname in self.abs_fnames:
+        for fname in abs_fnames:
+            if fname.is_dir():
+                continue
+            self.console.print(f"[red]Loading {fname}")
+
+            fname = fname.resolve()
+            self.abs_fnames.add(str(fname))
+
             relative_fname = os.path.relpath(fname, repo.working_tree_dir)
             tracked_files = set(repo.git.ls_files().splitlines())
             if relative_fname not in tracked_files:
@@ -135,7 +138,9 @@ class Coder:
         return prompt
 
     def get_last_modified(self):
-        return max(Path(fname).stat().st_mtime for fname in self.abs_fnames)
+        if self.abs_fnames:
+            return max(Path(fname).stat().st_mtime for fname in self.abs_fnames)
+        return 0
 
     def get_files_messages(self):
         files_content = prompts.files_content_prefix