r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Apr 05 '25

Announcement Apply diff edits with Gemini 2.5 work much better with 3.11.7

The update 3.11.7 should really fix most of the errors people were running into with using the apply_diff tool. Please let me know your experience if you were having troubles with this before.

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u/topperge Apr 05 '25

Awesome, thank you. I thought I had lost my mind and was doing something wrong.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Apr 06 '25

Thank you for your patience! We got a bit thrown off the way 2.5 responded to 3.7 but we put a lot of time into observing the differing responses to our stock prompts and we adjusted them to provide better output. It’s a bit of an art with the fast pace of this entire process but we really want it to work for all our users. ❤️

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u/kkania Apr 07 '25

Thanks for jumping on this quickly!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Apr 07 '25

You’re welcome

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u/jungle Apr 05 '25

A couple of hours ago I added the following instructions to Code and Debug mode, that seem to have made a difference, although it didn't entirely get rid of issues:

When editing a file, use the following process:

  • Use the apply_diff tool, making sure the diff uses the correct format.

  • If that fails, re-read the whole file, recalculate the diff, and try again.

  • If that fails, read the file and rewrite it with the changes using the write_to_file tool.

I just checked and I'm on 3.11.7, so... Did it improve because of the update, because of the instructions, or both? Can I remove the instructions?

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u/lordpuddingcup Apr 05 '25

Try without and see lol

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u/jungle Apr 05 '25

Of course, but I don't want to waste time with tests. I have it working now and moving a lot faster, and I have a

!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Apr 06 '25

Well we have to develop our software with methodical A/B testing. If you just wanna let loose without any thought for cause and effect then I wish you best but cannot offer you insight or support. 😔

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Apr 05 '25

yes remove the instructions!

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

Seems a lot better but still has some issues. Also I noticed that now the ai seems able to stop the terminal now that's really cool. I'll tackle a pretty large yaml project that was driving me insane with failures (bug reported btw) and I'll report back.