From 8440e881c0979d1222638f8bbef27c3c4266e662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 13:10:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Use relative path for matching files against .gitignore
 patterns

---
 aider/watch.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index fb3899e6b..5a305882e 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class FileWatcher:
                     roots_to_watch = [
                         str(path)
                         for path in self.root.iterdir()
-                        if not self.gitignore_spec.match_file(path.name)
+                        if not self.gitignore_spec.match_file(str(path.relative_to(self.root)))
                     ]
                     # Fallback to watching root if all top-level items are filtered out
                     if not roots_to_watch: