diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36a659b4bf6..d9be9c5801e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This project aims to be compatible with upstream Aider, but with priority commit
     * [Manually install necessary ubuntu dependencies](https://github.com/dwash96/aider-ce/issues/14)
 * [.gitignore updates](https://github.com/dwash96/aider-ce/commit/7c7e803fa63d1acd860eef1423e5a03220df6017)
 * [Experimental Context Compaction For Longer Running Generation Tasks](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/6)
+* [Edit Before Adding Files and Reflecting](https://github.com/dwash96/aider-ce/pull/22)
 * [Fix Deepseek model configurations](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/commit/c839a6dd8964d702172cae007375e299732d3823)
 * [Relax Version Pinning For Easier Distribution](https://github.com/dwash96/aider-ce/issues/18)
 
diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 9a746a4f709..798198abb0f 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1728,6 +1728,15 @@ def send_message(self, inp):
 
         edited = self.apply_updates()
 
+        if edited:
+            self.aider_edited_files.update(edited)
+            saved_message = self.auto_commit(edited)
+
+            if not saved_message and hasattr(self.gpt_prompts, "files_content_gpt_edits_no_repo"):
+                saved_message = self.gpt_prompts.files_content_gpt_edits_no_repo
+
+            self.move_back_cur_messages(saved_message)
+
         if not interrupted:
             add_rel_files_message = self.check_for_file_mentions(content)
             if add_rel_files_message:
@@ -1751,15 +1760,6 @@ def send_message(self, inp):
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 interrupted = True
 
-        if edited:
-            self.aider_edited_files.update(edited)
-            saved_message = self.auto_commit(edited)
-
-            if not saved_message and hasattr(self.gpt_prompts, "files_content_gpt_edits_no_repo"):
-                saved_message = self.gpt_prompts.files_content_gpt_edits_no_repo
-
-            self.move_back_cur_messages(saved_message)
-
         if self.reflected_message:
             return