Bug report: Offered to add the wrong file to the chat instead of creating a new one

[niradar]

Issue

When asking to create a new file, the LLM understood correctly what I want to do, but aider offered the wrong action.

Steps

--1-- I have:

• README.me on project root
• scripts/ folder with several scripts

--2-- I added all the scripts to the chat using : /read-only scripts/

--3-- My message:

add readme md in the scripts folders to example the process - first add strings in the text, then run generate_pot_file file than run update_po_files, then do_auto_translate. explain on software need to be installed (aider, gettextx , more?)

--4-- Aider response: To add a README.md file in the scripts folder explaining the process, we'll need to create a new file. Here's the file that needs to be created:

scripts\README.md

I'll wait for your approval to add this file to the chat before proceeding with the content.

Tokens: 11k sent, 10k cache write, 64 received. Cost: $0.04 message, $5.59 session. Add README.md to the chat? (Y)es/(N)o [Yes]: n

--5-- The problem - the LLM understood correctly that I want to create scripts\README.md but aider offered me to add existing README.md to the chat, and not to create the new one

--6-- When I select "No" for adding the existing file, aider run ended. When I created an empty README.md inside scripts folder and added it to the context, the same request worked without any problem

Version and model info

Aider 0.57.0 Main model: claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620 with diff edit format, prompt cache, infinite output Weak model: claude-3-haiku-20240307

using --no-stream switch as well

[fry69]

Thank you for filing this issue.

This document may be helpful -> https://aider.chat/docs/usage/tips.html#creating-new-files

[niradar]

Yes, thats the issue. Did someone tried to solve it and the conclusion is simply to add the file manually? if no one tried yet to solve it, I might look at the code myself

[paul-gauthier]

I'm going to close this issue for now, but feel free to add a comment here and I will re-open. Or feel free to file a new issue any time.