From bcbfa0babd19f94e182e2a456c7e3e651fcbcd3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gauthier Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 12:20:03 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] copy --- docs/faq.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 8bcd28a59..784800409 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ This minimizes your use of the context window, as well as costs. ## Aider isn't editing my files? +Sometimes GPT will reply with some code changes that won't get applied to your local files. +In these cases, aider might say something like "Failed to apply edit to *filename*". + This usually happens because GPT is not specifying the edits to make in the format that aider expects. GPT-3.5 is especially prone to disobeying the system prompt instructions in this manner, but it also happens with GPT-4.