From c21b071e770265f62cedfa994d251bdc4108c9ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0xbyt4 <35742124+0xbyt4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:40:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): prevent paste detection from destroying multi-line
 input

The _on_text_changed handler collapsed buffer contents into a file
reference whenever the buffer had 5+ newlines, regardless of how
those lines were entered. This meant manually typing with Alt+Enter
would trigger the paste heuristic and silently replace the user's
carefully typed input.

Track the previous buffer length and only treat a change as a paste
when more than one character is added at once (real pastes insert many
characters in a single event, while typing adds one at a time).
---
 cli.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 10d43ea7c..234428b83 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -2225,13 +2225,17 @@ class HermesCLI:
 
         # Paste collapsing: detect large pastes and save to temp file
         _paste_counter = [0]
+        _prev_text_len = [0]
 
         def _on_text_changed(buf):
             """Detect large pastes and collapse them to a file reference."""
             text = buf.text
             line_count = text.count('\n')
-            # Heuristic: if text jumps to 5+ lines in one change, it's a paste
-            if line_count >= 5 and not text.startswith('/'):
+            chars_added = len(text) - _prev_text_len[0]
+            _prev_text_len[0] = len(text)
+            # Heuristic: a real paste adds many characters at once (not just a
+            # single newline from Alt+Enter) AND the result has 5+ lines.
+            if line_count >= 5 and chars_added > 1 and not text.startswith('/'):
                 _paste_counter[0] += 1
                 # Save to temp file
                 paste_dir = Path(os.path.expanduser("~/.hermes/pastes"))