Uncaught AttributeError in configargparse.py line 1047

[bitnom]

Aider version: 0.59.0
Python version: 3.11.9
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0
Python implementation: CPython
Virtual environment: No
OS: Windows 10 (64bit)
Git version: git version 2.42.0.windows.1

An uncaught exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "main.py", line 364, in main
    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "configargparse.py", line 938, in parse_known_args
    [self.get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting(key)],
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "configargparse.py", line 1047, in get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting
    key_without_prefix_chars = key.strip(self.prefix_chars)
                               ^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'strip'

[lucacri]

same error for me:

Aider version: 0.59.0
Python version: 3.12.6
Platform: macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit
Python implementation: CPython
Virtual environment: Yes
OS: Darwin 23.6.0 (64bit)
Git version: git version 2.46.0

An uncaught exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aider", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "main.py", line 364, in main
    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "configargparse.py", line 938, in parse_known_args
    [self.get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting(key)],
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "configargparse.py", line 1047, in get_command_line_key_for_unknown_config_file_setting
    key_without_prefix_chars = key.strip(self.prefix_chars)
                               ^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'strip'

I am going to check my config file to see if that's an issue.

EDIT: I checked and even removed the config file but that didn't help

[fry69]

Thank you for filing this issue.

This might a regression due to this change -> https://aider.chat/HISTORY.html#v0590

Renamed --yes to --yes-always.

    - Now uses AIDER_YES_ALWAYS env var and yes-always: yaml key.
    - Existing YAML and .env files will need to be updated.
    - Can still abbreviate to --yes on the command line.

In any case, this exception should be handled more gracefully, so I keep the bug label.

[lucacri]

You are correct, @fry69! For anyone else: if you have multiple .aider.conf files, remember that they all extend the .aider.conf file. In my case, I had another .aider-paid.conf, and I removed the yes: true from the aider-paid.conf, but it was still setting the value in the .aider.conf.

[andyhennie]

any workaround for this issue?

[fry69]

any workaround for this issue?

Change

yes: true

to

yes-always: true

in all .aider.conf.yml files

Background: #767 (comment)

[fry69]

A fix has been pushed and is available in version 0.59.1

Please update with ->

aider --update

aider will not detect the new version for up to day by itself as it caches the version.

[fry69]

Another breaking change concerning aider.config.yml files:

Previously this worked ->

assistant-output-color: #66b8ff

Now (0.59.0+) with full YAML syntax this no longer works, # marks the hex color as a comment.
The # hex color needs to be encapsulated in quotes now ->

assistant-output-color: "#66b8ff"