v0.59.0

• Improvements to /read-only:
  • Now supports shell-style auto-complete of the full file system.
  • Still auto-completes the full paths of the repo files like /add.
  • Now supports globs like src/**/*.py
• Renamed --yes to --yes-always.
  • Now uses AIDER_YES_ALWAYS env var and yes-always: yaml key.
  • Existing YAML and .env files will need to be updated.
  • Can still abbreviate to --yes on the command line.
• Config file now uses standard YAML list syntax with - list entries, one per line.
• /settings now includes the same announcement lines that would print at launch.
• Sanity checks the --editor-model on launch now, same as main and weak models.
• Added --skip-sanity-check-repo switch to speedup launch in large repos.
• Bugfix so architect mode handles Control-C properly.
• Repo-map is deterministic now, with improved caching logic.
• Improved commit message prompt.
• Aider wrote 77% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.58.0

• Use a pair of Architect/Editor models for improved coding
  • Use a strong reasoning model like o1-preview as your Architect.
  • Use a cheaper, faster model like gpt-4o as your Editor.
• New --o1-preview and --o1-mini shortcuts.
• Support for new Gemini 002 models.
• Better support for Qwen 2.5 models.
• Many confirmation questions can be skipped for the rest of the session with "(D)on't ask again" response.
• Autocomplete for /read-only supports the entire filesystem.
• New settings for completion menu colors.
• New /copy command to copy the last LLM response to the clipboard.
• Renamed /clipboard to /paste.
• Will now follow HTTP redirects when scraping urls.
• New --voice-format switch to send voice audio as wav/mp3/webm, by @mbailey.
• ModelSettings takes extra_params dict to specify any extras to pass to litellm.completion().
• Support for cursor shapes when in vim mode.
• Numerous bug fixes.
• Aider wrote 53% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.57.0

• Support for OpenAI o1 models:
  • o1-preview now works well with diff edit format.
  • o1-preview with diff now matches SOTA leaderboard result with whole edit format.
  • aider --model o1-mini
  • aider --model o1-preview
• On Windows, /run correctly uses PowerShell or cmd.exe.
• Support for new 08-2024 Cohere models, by @jalammar.
• Can now recursively add directories with /read-only.
• User input prompts now fall back to simple input() if --no-pretty or a Windows console is not available.
• Improved sanity check of git repo on startup.
• Improvements to prompt cache chunking strategy.
• Removed "No changes made to git tracked files".
• Numerous bug fixes for corner case crashes.
• Updated all dependency versions.
• Aider wrote 70% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.56.0

• Enables prompt caching for Sonnet via OpenRouter by @fry69
• Enables 8k output tokens for Sonnet via VertexAI and DeepSeek V2.5.
• New /report command to open your browser with a pre-populated GitHub Issue.
• New --chat-language switch to set the spoken language.
• Now --[no-]suggest-shell-commands controls both prompting for and offering to execute shell commands.
• Check key imports on launch, provide helpful error message if dependencies aren't available.
• Renamed --models to --list-models by @fry69.
• Numerous bug fixes for corner case crashes.
• Aider wrote 56% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.55.0

• Offer to submit a GitHub issue pre-filled with uncaught exception info.
• Numerous corner case bug fixes submitted via new pre-filled crash report feature.
• New /settings command to show active settings.
• Startup QOL improvements:
  • Sanity check the git repo and exit gracefully on problems.
  • Pause for confirmation after model sanity check to allow user to review warnings.
• Include important devops files in the repo map.
• Don't ask again in current session about a file the user has said not to add to the chat.
• Only print the pip command when self updating on Windows, without running it.
• Converted many error messages to warning messages.
• Added --tool-warning-color setting.
• Disabled built in linter for typescript.
• Catch /voice transcription exceptions, show the WAV file so the user can recover it.
• Adopted setuptools_scm to provide vX.Y.Z.dev version naming with git hashes.
• Share active test and lint commands with the LLM.
• Added --verbose debug output for shell commands.
• Do not fuzzy match filenames when LLM is creating a new file, by @ozapinq
• Only show cache warming status update if --verbose.
• Bugfix for shell commands on Windows.
• Refuse to make git repo in $HOME, warn user.
• Added --update as an alias for --upgrade.
• Bugfix to completions for /model command.
• Aider wrote 53% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.54.0

• Added model settings for gemini/gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0827 and
  gemini/gemini-1.5-flash-exp-0827.
• Shell and /run commands can now be interactive in environments where a pty is available.
• Optionally share output of suggested shell commands back to the LLM.
• New --[no-]suggest-shell-commands switch to configure shell commands.
• Performance improvements for autocomplete in large/mono repos.
• New --upgrade switch to install latest version of aider from pypi.
• Bugfix to --show-prompt.
• Disabled automatic reply to the LLM on /undo for all models.
• Removed pager from /web output.
• Aider wrote 64% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.53.0

• Keep your prompt cache from expiring with --cache-keepalive-pings.
  • Pings the API every 5min to keep the cache warm.
• You can now bulk accept/reject a series of add url and run shell confirmations.
• Improved matching of filenames from S/R blocks with files in chat.
• Stronger prompting for Sonnet to make edits in code chat mode.
• Stronger prompting for the LLM to specify full file paths.
• Improved shell command prompting.
• Weak model now uses extra_headers, to support Anthropic beta features.
• New --install-main-branch to update to the latest dev version of aider.
• Improved error messages on attempt to add not-git subdir to chat.
• Show model metadata info on --verbose.
• Improved warnings when LLMs env variables aren't set.
• Bugfix to windows filenames which contain \_.
• Aider wrote 59% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.52.0

• Aider now offers to run shell commands:
  • Launch a browser to view updated html/css/js.
  • Install new dependencies.
  • Run DB migrations.
  • Run the program to exercise changes.
  • Run new test cases.
• /read and /drop now expand ~ to the home dir.
• Show the active chat mode at aider prompt.
• New /reset command to /drop files and /clear chat history.
• New --map-multiplier-no-files to control repo map size multiplier when no files are in the chat.
  • Reduced default multiplier to 2.
• Bugfixes and improvements to auto commit sequencing.
• Improved formatting of token reports and confirmation dialogs.
• Default OpenAI model is now gpt-4o-2024-08-06.
• Bumped dependencies to pickup litellm bugfixes.
• Aider wrote 68% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.51.0

• Prompt caching for Anthropic models with --cache-prompts.
  • Caches the system prompt, repo map and /read-only files.
• Repo map recomputes less often in large/mono repos or when caching enabled.
  • Use --map-refresh <always|files|manual|auto> to configure.
• Improved cost estimate logic for caching.
• Improved editing performance on Jupyter Notebook .ipynb files.
• Show which config yaml file is loaded with --verbose.
• Bumped dependency versions.
• Bugfix: properly load .aider.models.metadata.json data.
• Bugfix: Using --msg /ask ... caused an exception.
• Bugfix: litellm tokenizer bug for images.
• Aider wrote 56% of the code in this release.

Aider v0.50.0

• Infinite output for DeepSeek Coder, Mistral models in addition to Anthropic's models.
• New --deepseek switch to use DeepSeek Coder.
• DeepSeek Coder uses 8k token output.
• New --chat-mode <mode> switch to launch in ask/help/code modes.
• New /code <message> command request a code edit while in ask mode.
• Web scraper is more robust if page never idles.
• Improved token and cost reporting for infinite output.
• Improvements and bug fixes for /read only files.
• Switched from setup.py to pyproject.toml, by @branchvincent.
• Bug fix to persist files added during /ask.
• Bug fix for chat history size in /tokens.
• Aider wrote 66% of the code in this release.