release aidev SIG 3/5

Aider v0.60.0: Sonnet 10/22 supported and used by default

Adds full support for Sonnet 10/22 and makes it aider's default model, which the release calls the new top scorer on its code editing benchmark. Everything else is edit-format prompt tightening and fixes.

PUBLISHED2024-10-22
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1y
SOURCES1
  • Full support for Sonnet 10/22, now the default model; described as the new SOTA on aider's code editing benchmark
  • More flexible parsing of nonconforming o1 code edit replies
  • Diff edit-format prompt corrected to state only the first match is replaced
  • Stronger whole edit-format prompt asking for clean file names
  • Offers to add .env to .gitignore
  • Ships a small model metadata JSON for models not yet in litellm; adds model settings for o1 on Azure
  • Improved display of added and read-only files above the chat prompt
  • Bugfix so /help RAG results include URLs
model-supportfeaturefix

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