From 90a28e31e8c23c5bf18f78d3550abf2bb787491d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:33:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add --show-release-notes option to control release
 notes display

---
 aider/args.py | 6 ++++++
 aider/main.py | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/args.py b/aider/args.py
index c083f21a1..2a266f303 100644
--- a/aider/args.py
+++ b/aider/args.py
@@ -620,6 +620,12 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
         help="Check for new aider versions on launch",
         default=True,
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--show-release-notes",
+        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+        help="Show release notes on first run of new version (default: None, ask user)",
+        default=None,
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "--install-main-branch",
         action="store_true",
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 2dc2cf054..4cbbfc77e 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -747,7 +747,14 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
     coder.show_announcements()
 
     if is_first_run:
-        io.offer_url(urls.release_notes, "Would you like to see what's new in this version?")
+        if args.show_release_notes is None:
+            show = io.confirm_ask("Would you like to see what's new in this version?")
+        else:
+            show = args.show_release_notes
+            
+        if show:
+            io.tool_output(f"Opening release notes: {urls.release_notes}")
+            utils.open_url(urls.release_notes)
         io.tool_output()
 
     if args.show_prompts: