From 2bc53022efb2fdcfe53a217d69fe251bd4669014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudy Celekli <rudy@gradiahq.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:39:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(installer): honor --path for Aider roster

---
 scripts/install.sh      |  4 +++-
 scripts/test-install.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 50f46893..c2bc98cf 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -946,8 +946,10 @@ install_cursor() {
 
 install_aider() {
   local src="$INTEGRATIONS/aider/CONVENTIONS.md"
-  local dest="${PWD}/CONVENTIONS.md"
+  local dest_dir; dest_dir="$(resolve_dest aider "$PWD")"
+  local dest="$dest_dir/CONVENTIONS.md"
   [[ -f "$src" ]] || { err "integrations/aider/CONVENTIONS.md missing. Run convert.sh first."; return 1; }
+  mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
   if [[ -f "$dest" ]]; then
     # Never overwrite: CONVENTIONS.md is aider's own user-authored file, and the
     # one sitting here may well be the reader's rather than ours. But the guard
diff --git a/scripts/test-install.sh b/scripts/test-install.sh
index 769fb361..6bf78deb 100755
--- a/scripts/test-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-install.sh
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ assert_eq 0 "$(find "$home" -type f | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" "--dry-run creates no
 echo ""
 echo "destinations"
 
+home="$(sandbox aider-path)"
+project="$home/project"
+dest="$home/custom-dir"
+mkdir -p "$project"
+RUN_OUT="$(cd "$project" && HOME="$home" "$INSTALL" --no-interactive --tool aider --path "$dest" 2>&1)"; RUN_STATUS=$?
+assert_eq 0 "$RUN_STATUS" "Aider --path install exits 0"
+[[ -f "$dest/CONVENTIONS.md" ]] && pass "Aider --path installs into the selected directory" \
+  || fail "Aider --path installs into the selected directory"
+[[ ! -e "$project/CONVENTIONS.md" ]] && pass "Aider --path leaves the project root untouched" \
+  || fail "Aider --path leaves the project root untouched"
+printf 'My conventions\n' > "$dest/CONVENTIONS.md"
+RUN_OUT="$(cd "$project" && HOME="$home" "$INSTALL" --no-interactive --tool aider --path "$dest" 2>&1)"; RUN_STATUS=$?
+assert_eq 'My conventions' "$(cat "$dest/CONVENTIONS.md")" "Aider --path preserves an existing conventions file"
+
 home="$(sandbox default-dest)"
 run_install "$home" --tool claude-code
 assert_eq "$TOTAL_AGENTS" "$(count_md "$home/.claude/agents")" \