From ec935842ab1c2bc72d31b7c0e444600fb75ab3a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:09:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Improve error handling in
 run_interactive_command_pexpect

---
 aider/utils.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/utils.py b/aider/utils.py
index 9c723ba98..ff296492c 100644
--- a/aider/utils.py
+++ b/aider/utils.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".webp"}
 def run_interactive_command(command):
     try:
         import pexpect
-
-        return run_interactive_command_pexpect(command)
     except ImportError:
         return run_interactive_command_subprocess(command)
 
+    return run_interactive_command_pexpect(command)
+
 
 def run_interactive_command_subprocess(command):
     try:
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ def run_interactive_command_pexpect(command):
     :param command: The command to run as a string.
     :return: A tuple containing (exit_status, output)
     """
+    import pexpect
+
     output = BytesIO()
 
     def output_callback(b):
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ def run_interactive_command_pexpect(command):
 
     except pexpect.ExceptionPexpect as e:
         error_msg = f"Error running command: {e}"
-        print(error_msg, file=sys.stderr)
         return 1, error_msg