Test Command does not support arguments on Windows.

[nevercast]

Using PowerShell inside VSCode on Windows 11 with Python 3.10 and Aider 0.40.5.

aider --test-cmd "npm run check" --test gives

Aider v0.40.5
...
'"npm run check"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file 

Presumably you're calling out to shell (cmd, Windows) to execute the command, seems the quoting isn't working as I would expect.

I get the same output if I single or double quote, so it's not PowerShell that I'm calling aider from at fault, but instead how the execution is being constructed I suspect

Expected output would be that aider properly handles invoking a command with arguments on Windows.

I would expect this to work for lint-cmd too, I have not tested it.

I also have not tested using the config file, only command line invocation.

I have not checked the source code, but may do so in the coming days.

[user753]

Quick fix is to change args to args[0] in

aider/aider/commands.py

Line 544 in 7a3b0d6

return self.cmd_run(args, True)

[paul-gauthier]

I think I've fix this. The change is available in the main branch. You can get it by installing the latest version from github:

python -m pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider.git

If you have a chance to try it, let me know if it works better for you.

[paul-gauthier]

I'm going to close this issue for now, but feel free to add a comment here and I will re-open or file a new issue any time.