aider: Handle IsADirectoryError when trying to create a file where a directory exists.

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# Trying to create a file where a directory exists causes IsADirectoryError and aider to exit #606

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[harleypig](/harleypig) opened this issue May 18, 2024 · 0 comments

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# [Trying to create a file where a directory exists causes IsADirectoryError and aider to exit](#top) #606

[harleypig](/harleypig) opened this issue May 18, 2024 · 0 comments

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**[harleypig](/harleypig)** commented [May 18, 2024](#issue-2304113184)
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| ### Issue                                                             |
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| I wasn\'t thinking and asked aider to create a file with the same     |
| name as a directory and got unexpectedly dumped back to the command   |
| line.                                                                 |
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|     $ mkdir -p testoops/oops                                          |
|     $ cd testoops                                                     |
|     $ aider                                                           |
|     Aider v0.35.0                                                     |
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|     Models: openai/gpt-4o with diff edit format, weak model gpt-      |
| 3.5-turbo                                                             |
|     Git repo: .git with 0 files                                       |
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|     Repo-map: using 2048 tokens                                       |
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|     Use /help to see in-chat commands, run with --help to see cm      |
| d line args                                                           |
|     ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────      |
| ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── |
|     > Create a text file named './oops' that has 'this wont work      |
| '                                                                     |
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|     Here is the SEARCH/REPLACE block to create the file ./oops w      |
| ith the content this wont work:                                       |
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|     ./oops                                                            |
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|      <<<<<<< SEARCH                                                   |
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|      =======                                                          |
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|      this wont work                                                   |
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|      >>>>>>> REPLACE                                                  |
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|     Allow edits to ./oops which was not previously added to chat? y   |
|     Committing ./oops before applying edits.                          |
|     Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(1)                            |
|       cmdline: git commit -m Add                                      |
| ed ./oops file. --no-verify -- /home/harleypig/projects/testoops/oops |
|       stderr: 'error: pathspec '/home/harl                            |
| eypig/projects/testoops/oops' did not match any file(s) known to git' |
|     ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────      |
| ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── |
|     Traceback (most recent call last):                                |
|       File "/usr/local/bin/aider", line 8, in <module>                |
|         sys.exit(main())                                              |
|       File "/home/harleypig/.local/share/                             |
| python/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aider/main.py", line 408, in main |
|         coder.run()                                                   |
|       File "/home/harleypig/.local/share/python/lib/p                 |
| ython3.10/site-packages/aider/coders/base_coder.py", line 496, in run |
|         new_user_message = self.run_loop()                            |
|       File "/home/harleypig/.local/share/python/lib/python            |
| 3.10/site-packages/aider/coders/base_coder.py", line 512, in run_loop |
|         inp = self.io.get_input(                                      |
|       File "/home/harleypig/.local/share/pyt                          |
| hon/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aider/io.py", line 210, in get_input |
|         completer_instance = AutoCompleter(                           |
|       File "/home/harleypig/.local/share/p                            |
| ython/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aider/io.py", line 47, in __init__ |
|         with open(fname, "r", encoding=self.encoding) as f:           |
|     IsADirectoryError                                                 |
| : [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/home/harleypig/projects/testoops/oops' |
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| ### Version and model info                                            |
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| In example above.                                                     |
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ASSISTANT: To address the issue of `IsADirectoryError` when trying to create a file where a directory exists, we need to handle this exception in the relevant part of the code. The most likely file to need changes is `aider/io.py`.

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ASSISTANT: To handle the `IsADirectoryError` when trying to create a file where a directory exists, we need to catch this exception and handle it appropriately in the `get_input` method of the `InputOutput` class in `aider/io.py`.

Here are the changes:

aider/io.py
```python
<<<<<<< SEARCH
            try:
                with open(fname, "r", encoding=self.encoding) as f:
                    content = f.read()
            except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError):
                continue
=======
            try:
                with open(fname, "r", encoding=self.encoding) as f:
                    content = f.read()
            except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError, IsADirectoryError):
                continue
>>>>>>> REPLACE
```

This change will ensure that if the code tries to open a directory as if it were a file, it will catch the `IsADirectoryError` and continue without crashing.
This commit is contained in:
Paul Gauthier 2024-05-23 13:48:44 -07:00
parent a4a6066858
commit cda9565cae

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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AutoCompleter(Completer):
try:
with open(fname, "r", encoding=self.encoding) as f:
content = f.read()
except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError):
except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError, IsADirectoryError):
continue
try:
lexer = guess_lexer_for_filename(fname, content)