release aidev SIG 2/5

Aider v0.65.0: custom model aliases, 8k default context for Ollama

Adds --alias for defining your own model shorthands and changes the default Ollama context window to 8k. Also adds repomap support for Dart and a flag to stop aider offering to scrape URLs it sees in chat.

PUBLISHED2024-11-26
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1y
SOURCES1
  • --alias defines custom model aliases
  • Ollama models default to an 8k context window
  • --[no-]detect-urls disables detecting and offering to scrape URLs in the chat
  • RepoMap support for Dart (requires grep-ast 0.4.0)
  • /editor returns and pre-fills file content into the prompt, so it can compose messages beginning with /commands
  • Files sharing a name with one already in chat are no longer suggested
  • UnknownEditFormat exceptions now link to documentation
  • Analytics opt-in prompt shown to 2.5% of users
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