diff --git a/aider/coders/wholefile_coder.py b/aider/coders/wholefile_coder.py
index bfda70117..a3766559f 100644
--- a/aider/coders/wholefile_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/wholefile_coder.py
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class WholeFileCoder(Coder):
                     fname = fname.rstrip(":")
                     fname = fname.strip("`")
 
+                    # Issue #1232
+                    if len(fname) > 250:
+                        fname = ""
+
                     # Did gpt prepend a bogus dir? It especially likes to
                     # include the path/to prefix from the one-shot example in
                     # the prompt.