release aidev SIG 3/5

Aider v0.70.0: full o1 support and uv install path

Adds full support for OpenAI o1 models and the openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat model, plus new uv-based install one-liners. File watching now respects --subtree-only, and aider can run on machines without git installed.

PUBLISHED2024-12-26
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1y
SOURCES1
  • Full support for o1 models
  • Support for openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat
  • New install methods via uv, including one-liners
  • Watch files honors --subtree-only and watches only that subtree; more reliable watch prompting across models
  • Runs without git installed
  • Hints surfaced about AI! and AI? when the user writes AI comments
  • Read-only files shown with absolute path when shorter than relative
  • Better errors when interactive commands are attempted via /load or --load
  • Fixes: auto-suggest bug, unicode errors in git path names, gemini model names in metadata
  • Analytics opt-in prompt raised to 10% of users
  • Clearer environment-variable setup messages on Windows
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