From 39ed52328807a140dda8195ffd6701d523e91f75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will <will@forwardbounding.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:29:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Removing get_aidr_executable as no longer a depedency

---
 ra_aid/tools/programmer.py | 30 ++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ra_aid/tools/programmer.py b/ra_aid/tools/programmer.py
index 1a5d99c..c3962b8 100644
--- a/ra_aid/tools/programmer.py
+++ b/ra_aid/tools/programmer.py
@@ -20,31 +20,6 @@ from ra_aid.database.repositories.related_files_repository import get_related_fi
 console = Console()
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
-
-def get_aider_executable() -> str:
-    """Get the path to the aider executable in the same bin/Scripts directory as Python.
-
-    Returns:
-        str: Full path to aider executable
-    """
-    # Get directory containing Python executable
-    bin_dir = Path(sys.executable).parent
-
-    # Check for platform-specific executable name
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        aider_exe = bin_dir / "aider.exe"
-    else:
-        aider_exe = bin_dir / "aider"
-
-    if not aider_exe.exists():
-        raise RuntimeError(f"Could not find aider executable at {aider_exe}")
-
-    if not os.access(aider_exe, os.X_OK):
-        raise RuntimeError(f"Aider executable at {aider_exe} is not executable")
-
-    return str(aider_exe)
-
-
 def _truncate_for_log(text: str, max_length: int = 300) -> str:
     """Truncate text for logging, adding [truncated] if necessary."""
     if len(text) <= max_length:
@@ -79,9 +54,8 @@ def run_programming_task(
      files: Optional; if not provided, uses related_files
     """
     # Build command
-    aider_exe = get_aider_executable()
     command = [
-        aider_exe,
+        "aider",
         "--yes-always",
         "--no-git",
         "--no-auto-commits",
@@ -234,4 +208,4 @@ def parse_aider_flags(aider_flags: str) -> List[str]:
 
 
 # Export the functions
-__all__ = ["run_programming_task", "get_aider_executable"]
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+__all__ = ["run_programming_task"]
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From 5445a5c4a98a9741a67bb66f7aa8e20c637c35b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will <will@forwardbounding.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:35:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Removing get_aider_executable test as no longer relevant

---
 tests/ra_aid/test_programmer.py | 55 ---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 55 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/ra_aid/test_programmer.py b/tests/ra_aid/test_programmer.py
index 5e6380d..1e9e94e 100644
--- a/tests/ra_aid/test_programmer.py
+++ b/tests/ra_aid/test_programmer.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import pytest
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 from ra_aid.tools.programmer import (
-    get_aider_executable,
     parse_aider_flags,
     run_programming_task,
 )
@@ -179,12 +178,6 @@ def test_path_normalization_and_deduplication(monkeypatch, tmp_path, mock_config
     test_file.write_text("")
     new_file = tmp_path / "new.py"
 
-    # Config is mocked by mock_config_repository fixture
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "ra_aid.tools.programmer.get_aider_executable", 
-        lambda: "/path/to/aider"
-    )
-    
     mock_run = MagicMock(return_value=(b"", 0))
     monkeypatch.setattr("ra_aid.tools.programmer.run_interactive_command", mock_run)
 
@@ -219,51 +212,3 @@ def test_path_normalization_and_deduplication(monkeypatch, tmp_path, mock_config
     assert (
         sum(1 for arg in cmd_args if arg == str(new_file)) == 1
     ), "Expected one instance of new_file"
-
-
-def test_get_aider_executable(monkeypatch):
-    """Test the get_aider_executable function."""
-    # Create mock objects using standard unittest.mock.MagicMock
-    mock_path_instance = MagicMock()
-    mock_parent = MagicMock()
-    mock_aider = MagicMock()
-    
-    # Setup sys mock
-    mock_sys_attrs = {
-        "executable": "/path/to/venv/bin/python",
-        "platform": "linux"
-    }
-    monkeypatch.setattr("ra_aid.tools.programmer.sys", MagicMock(**mock_sys_attrs))
-    
-    # Setup Path mock
-    monkeypatch.setattr("ra_aid.tools.programmer.Path", lambda x: mock_path_instance)
-    mock_path_instance.parent = mock_parent
-    mock_parent.__truediv__.return_value = mock_aider
-    mock_aider.exists.return_value = True
-    
-    # Setup os mock
-    mock_os = MagicMock()
-    mock_os.access.return_value = True
-    mock_os.X_OK = 1
-    monkeypatch.setattr("ra_aid.tools.programmer.os", mock_os)
-
-    # Test happy path on Linux
-    aider_path = get_aider_executable()
-    assert aider_path == str(mock_aider)
-    mock_parent.__truediv__.assert_called_with("aider")
-
-    # Test Windows path
-    monkeypatch.setattr("ra_aid.tools.programmer.sys.platform", "win32")
-    aider_path = get_aider_executable()
-    mock_parent.__truediv__.assert_called_with("aider.exe")
-
-    # Test executable not found
-    mock_aider.exists.return_value = False
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Could not find aider executable"):
-        get_aider_executable()
-
-    # Test not executable
-    mock_aider.exists.return_value = True
-    mock_os.access.return_value = False
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="is not executable"):
-        get_aider_executable()
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