From e74339453789868a1cd6bf74e8d1e4b44e79b32f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:54:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Skip scanning files larger than 1MB for AI comments

---
 aider/watch.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index a575b371f..fe0887300 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class FileWatcher:
         if self.verbose:
             dump("ok", rel_path)
 
+        # Check file size before reading content
+        if path_abs.is_file() and path_abs.stat().st_size > 1 * 1024 * 1024:  # 1MB limit
+            return False
+
         # Check if file contains AI markers
         try:
             comments, _, _ = self.get_ai_comments(str(path_abs))