Hi there! I've just received an update that enhances my abilities to …

[jnorthrup]

…help you with your code.

This update brings several improvements:

Editing Enhancements:

• I can now view specific line ranges within your files more effectively, including reading all the way to the end of a file.
• When searching and replacing text, I have a new option to ensure that a specific string is found exactly once before making a change. My existing capabilities for broader searches are still available.
• I'm now more careful when inserting content, ensuring the line numbers you provide are valid for the file.
• I have new ways to manage lines: I can now delete a specific line or replace a specific line with new content.
• I can now undo the last approved edit I made to a file. This means I'm keeping track of changes as I make them.
• I've become better at validating the context of changes before applying them. This helps prevent unintended large-scale modifications to your files by checking for overall file similarity and how much the line count has changed.

Core Logic Improvements:

• I'm now better equipped to make multiple attempts at solving a problem if the first try isn't successful. This involves a more structured approach to trying different solutions.
• I can now validate the changes I'm proposing more effectively, checking if they are empty, make no real difference, or only modify test files. This helps me provide better feedback sooner.

These changes are designed to make me more precise, robust, and strategic in how I approach code manipulation and problem-solving for you.

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• 🐛 Bug Fix: Non-breaking change that fixes an issue.
• ✨ New Feature: Non-breaking change that adds functionality.
• 💥 Breaking Change: Fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected.
• ♻️ Refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature.
• 💅 Style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, etc.).
• 📚 Documentation: Updates to documentation files.
• ⚙️ Build/CI: Changes to the build process or CI configuration.
• 🧹 Chore: Other changes that don't modify src or test files.

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• Issue Linked: This PR is linked to an approved GitHub Issue (see "Related GitHub Issue" above).
• Scope: My changes are focused on the linked issue (one major feature/fix per PR).
• Self-Review: I have performed a thorough self-review of my code.
• Code Quality:
  • My code adheres to the project's style guidelines.
  • There are no new linting errors or warnings (npm run lint).
  • All debug code (e.g., console.log) has been removed.
• Testing:
  • New and/or updated tests have been added to cover my changes.
  • All tests pass locally (npm test).
  • The application builds successfully with my changes.
• Branch Hygiene: My branch is up-to-date (rebased) with the main branch.
• Documentation Impact: I have considered if my changes require documentation updates (see "Documentation Updates" section below).
• Changeset: A changeset has been created using npm run changeset if this PR includes user-facing changes or dependency updates.
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Important

This update introduces new tools for line manipulation, enhances search and replace functionality, and implements a multi-attempt task execution strategy with context validation.

• New Tools:
  • deleteLineTool.ts: Deletes a specific line from a file.
  • replaceLineTool.ts: Replaces a specific line in a file with new content.
  • undoEditTool.ts: Reverts the last approved edit made to a file.
• Enhancements:
  • searchAndReplaceTool.ts: Adds requireUniqueMatch option to ensure only one match is found and replaced.
  • insertContentTool.ts: Validates line number range for content insertion.
  • writeToFileTool.ts: Adds context validation before applying changes.
• Task Management:
  • Task.ts: Implements multi-attempt task execution strategy with validation and test feedback.
• Context Validation:
  • contextValidation.ts: Introduces functions to validate the context of changes before applying them.

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[ellipsis-dev]

Typo: There is a duplicate declaration of const start. Please remove or correct the duplicate variable declaration.

Suggested change

const start = parseInt(legacyStartLineStr, 10)

[daniel-lxs]

Hey @jnorthrup, Thank you for your contribution, I'm not sure if this PR is accidental.

I'll be closing it since it changes seemingly unrelated parts of Roo Code and that makes it really hard to review and test your PR properly.

We've now shifted to an issue-first workflow so I suggest you create a Detailed Feature Request for each of the improvements you want to implement so it's easier for us to review each one.

Thank you!

[jnorthrup]

jules lets me clone your tree, then sends you a PR and bypasses my tree. i mark these escapes as draft since i can't find a delete button.

BUT this edit is really simple, really bullet proof, and it is beyond an LLM to keep it that way.

start with text file with gnarly errors from adding broken search/replace fragments an d confusing itself---

ok so you kjnow something token needs edit.

you run grep -nC5 'thing' <src

now you have line numbers with a ':' in column before text on the grep-hit

cat -n is similar right?

so we have line numbers

now we identify our gnarly line line numbers, as begin, and ending numbers
so BEGIN = 100
END = 104

now the rocket science comes in, with my 3 PHd's:

cat >fixedFile <(head -n $BEGIN <src) <(cat <new_block.txt) <(tail -n +$END<src )

now you could split hairs about my whitespace but i wouldn't.

This makes it less cogntively challanging to pick and replace text, by like 100% of the repetition load. thanks for hearing me out.