watch-files doesnt consistently trigger

[lockmeister]

I can't consistently get aider to trigger using watch-files

I've tried a few different versions including the examples in https://aider.chat/docs/usage/watch.html (I can get the examples to work).
but I usually can't get it to work. I'm using VSCode as my editor, with aider running in a terminal to the side.
For example, here in a file with a .sh extension:

function to print files in current dir #!AI then I hit ctrl-s to save it . Aider prompt refreshes automatically but there is no output.
this doesn't work either
#AI: create a function that prints all files in current dir
nor does
echo the username #!AI

Aider version: 0.67.0 ( I just upgraded to master branch python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider.git)
Python version: 3.10.12
Platform: Linux-5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
Python implementation: CPython
Virtual environment: Yes
OS: Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (64bit)
Git version: git version 2.34.1

[paul-gauthier]

Thanks for trying aider and filing this issue.

The trigger is AI!. Looks like you were using !AI ?

[lockmeister]

good catch, that is part of the issue. I did do it the right way for most of my testing but wrote up the issue incorrectly.
Also, I was trying to use it to edit a .txt file and I think it only works for some file extensions?

[karmajunkie]

I'm also having no luck getting it to trigger. What file extensions will it work in? I'm working in an elixir codebase, so most of mine are either .ex or .exs

[karmajunkie]

My own issue was that Elixir endings were not in the list contained in watch.py; #2605 fixes this.

@lockmeister it looks like txt files aren't in the list either, probably because they don't have a known single-line-comment format.

[tom-doerr]

Maybe it should be clarified in the release notes that the trigger is AI!. Tried the last 15 mins unsuccessfully to engage it using the # AI comments syntax.

[lockmeister]

perhaps there could be a default trigger and also a user-defined trigger

[paul-gauthier]

Aider now reminds you how to trigger processing when you add a file with an # AI comment:

Added aider/repo.py to the chat
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