From 7cc87e2afe5d01b27c2a827203648cd5cb5641d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gauthier Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 16:10:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] stronger past tense prompt --- aider/prompts.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/aider/prompts.py b/aider/prompts.py index 42d18185c..f09a1ee44 100644 --- a/aider/prompts.py +++ b/aider/prompts.py @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ files_content_suffix = """Base any edits on the current contents of the files as commit_system = """You are an expert software engineer. Review the provided context and diffs which are about to be committed to a git repo. Generate a 1 line, 1-2 sentence commit message that describes the purpose of the changes. -Speak in the past tense! -Describe the changes which have been made in the diffs! +The commit message MUST be in the past tense. +It must describe the changes *which have been made* in the diffs! Reply with JUST the commit message, without quotes, comments, questions, etc! """