From cfd51d183fc0dfa6fda1b07639a36ee842b71e9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erich Schulz <erichbschulz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:39:42 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Strip whitespace from user input in preproc_user_input

Co-authored-by: aider (deepseek/deepseek-coder) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 aider/coders/base_coder.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index f48b3ec2cb2..97faeb0d764 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1331,6 +1331,9 @@ async def preproc_user_input(self, inp):
         if not inp:
             return
 
+        # Strip whitespace from beginning and end
+        inp = inp.strip()
+
         if self.commands.is_command(inp):
             if inp[0] in "!":
                 inp = f"/run {inp[1:]}"