release aidev SIG 3/5

Aider v0.77.0: 130 new linter languages via tree-sitter-language-pack

Aider switches to tree-sitter-language-pack, adding linter support for 130 more languages and repo-map support for 20 more. Adds /think-tokens and /reasoning-effort commands for runtime control of reasoning budget, and turns on --auto-accept-architect by default so architect-format changes apply without confirmation.

PUBLISHED2025-03-13
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE1y
SOURCES1
  • Adopted tree-sitter-language-pack: 130 new languages with linter support, 20 new with repo-map support
  • New /think-tokens command — sets thinking token budget, accepts human-readable values (8k, 10.5k, 0.5M); shows current setting when called bare
  • New /reasoning-effort command to control model reasoning level; shows current setting when called bare
  • --thinking-tokens now accepts string values in human-readable formats
  • Thinking token budget and reasoning effort shown in model information
  • New --auto-accept-architect flag (default: true) — architect-format changes are accepted without confirmation
  • Added cohere_chat/command-a-03-2025 and gemini/gemma-3-27b-it
  • Bare /drop now preserves original read-only files passed via args.read
  • Autocomplete now requires 3 characters
  • Fixes: deprecated --shortcut switches overriding an explicit command-line model; JSONDecodeError on model cache load; GitCommandError on git user config; file watcher ignore_permission_denied option

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