From 920917a47ecf6c508dd98159cab274c95e66b8a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:28:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add .aider* to default gitignore patterns

---
 aider/watch.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index 477af5329..c12d60c83 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ def load_gitignores(gitignore_paths: list[Path]) -> Optional[PathSpec]:
     if not gitignore_paths:
         return None
 
-    #ai add in .aider* to always be ignored too!
-    patterns = []
+    patterns = [".aider*"]  # Always ignore .aider* files
     for path in gitignore_paths:
         if path.exists():
             with open(path) as f: