From b2b43d2bd3829c619bea4ebc29758784dd4ed683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 09:34:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: only initialize FileWatcher when watch_files flag is set

---
 aider/main.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 884de5cd2..064fd4fa4 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
     if args.aiderignore:
         ignores.append(args.aiderignore)
 
-    # only if --watch-files ai!
-    FileWatcher(coder, gitignores=ignores, verbose=args.verbose)
+    if args.watch_files:
+        FileWatcher(coder, gitignores=ignores, verbose=args.verbose)
 
     coder.show_announcements()