ignore aider files (#358)

.github/workflows/aider.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022'
+      branch:
+        description: 'Branch to check out'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'main'
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -28,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare Instructions
         run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.get-issue.outputs.issue-body }}" > issue.md
+          printf '%s' "${{ steps.get-issue.outputs.issue-body }}" > issue.md
           cat aider-instructions.md issue.md > combined_instructions.md
 
       - name: Run Aider

.gitignore

@@ -147,3 +147,5 @@ Meta
 /Meta/
 inst/doc
 docs
+.aider*
+.env

aider-instructions.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Instructions
+
+Fix the below github issue. Notes:
+
+- Use modern best practices for R.
+- Do not use the tidyverse.
+- Write clean-lint free code that conforms to all the rules in lintr.
+- Make minimal, surgical changes.
+- Write self-documenting code that doesn't need many comments.
+- Use roxygen2 if you write new functions.
+- Add unit tests for new functions.
+- Add tests cases for bugs you fix or new functionality you add.
+- Don't ask for help: I can't help you.  Make do with the information provided.
+- Feel free to load any files to chat you need to read
+- Use the repo map to your advantage
+- Also feel free to unload files
+
+Think carefully, step-by-step, and plan your work before doing it.