Why does Cody only want to provide edits as diff files?

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I’m currently encountering a bizarre set of behaviours in cody I’ve not encountered before and I can’t figure out how to fix it.

  1. Cody only outputs what look like diff documents, this happens seemingly with every model (i tried a bunch but not all). There’s no chat, just the diff document:
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  2. Cody immediately defaults to editing the file I currently have open instead of responding with a full chat message where i have the option of applying edits via the AI or manually.
  3. This only occurs on my local machine, cody works just fine on the web client or when I use the Cody extension inside a Gitpod Instance.

I’m using VSCode with the Cody Extension v1.88.0 on Windows 11 on my local machine but GitPod has v1.86.1. Did something change or break between those two versions?

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Hey @closetgeekshow You need to switch to the latest pre-release of Cody. There is a fix included which solves that issue.
It should be on stable tomorrow.

Sorry for the inconvenience.