Run button only executes comments, ignores actual commands in code blocks

[saimadib]

Before submitting your bug report

• I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: Windows 11
- Continue version: 
- IDE version: VSCode 1.100.2
- Model: Claude 3.7 Sonnet
- config:
  

  
  OR link to assistant in Continue hub:

Description

When using Continue, the run button in code blocks only processes comments (lines starting with #) but fails to execute the actual commands.

I have recorded a video demonstrating this issue. The video shows that when clicking on the run button, only the comment is processed while the actual command is ignored.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KNHq5AOpi9S2MVea1OsGWzjxjo1Jfm57/view?usp=sharing

To reproduce

1. Open Continue in VS Code/JetBrains IDE
2. Ask the assistant to help set up the project locally
3. The assistant responds with a code block containing installation commands
4. Click the "Run" button on the code block containing:

# From the root of the repository
npm run install-all-dependencies

5. Observe that only the comment is executed, not the actual command

Log output

[saimadib]

I've created a PR (#5744 ) to improve the command extraction functionality. The changes focus on making the command parsing more robust by handling multi-line commands, filtering comments, and preserving command operators.

Looking ahead, we could further improve the user experience by:

1. Adding validation at the LLM level to ensure generated commands are clean and don't include comments
2. Implementing a pre-processing step in the LLM output to strip any comments or unnecessary content before the command reaches the RunInTerminalButton component

This would create a more consistent experience where users only see and execute the actual commands, without any additional content.

Would love to hear thoughts on these suggestions for future improvements.

[chezsmithy]

@saimadib thanks for this great PR. This was on my TODO list. Great work.

[RomneyDa]

Fixed by #5744