From c1a7784781b4ce01bb759e3d37f669aa8ec32308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:28:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update file watcher to use absolute paths for changed
 files

---
 aider/watch.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index 66126c008..477af5329 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -53,6 +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 = []
     for path in gitignore_paths:
         if path.exists():
@@ -139,9 +140,7 @@ class FileWatcher:
                     if VERBOSE:
                         dump(result)
                     if result:
-                        # Convert to relative paths before updating
-                        rel_files = {str(Path(f).relative_to(self.root)) for f in changed_files}
-                        self.coder.abs_fnames.update(rel_files)
+                        self.coder.abs_fnames.update(changed_files)
                         self.coder.io.interrupt_input()
                         return
             except Exception as e: