fix: pass --no-verify-ssl to version check, fix SSL_VERIFY, add AIDER_TAGS_CACHE_DIR

[superShen0916]

Summary

Three small fixes for enterprise/custom-environment users:

1. Version check respects --no-verify-ssl (Fixes #664)

The version check (querying pypi.org) was always using default SSL verification, even when --no-verify-ssl was passed. This caused startup errors for users behind corporate firewalls with self-signed certificates.

2. SSL_VERIFY env var fixed from "" to "false"

LiteLLM checks SSL_VERIFY as a string. Empty string "" may not be recognized as "disable SSL". Changed to "false" for correct LiteLLM behavior.

3. Configurable tags cache location (Fixes #2325)

Added support for AIDER_TAGS_CACHE_DIR environment variable. When set, the .aider.tags.cache.v3 directory will be created at the specified path instead of the repo root. This allows a completely uncluttered repo when combined with existing .env support.

Changes

• aider/versioncheck.py: Add verify_ssl parameter, pass to requests.get()
• aider/main.py: Pass args.verify_ssl to check_version(), fix SSL_VERIFY env var
• aider/repomap.py: Add get_tags_cache_dir() classmethod and AIDER_TAGS_CACHE_DIR env var support

Test plan

• --no-verify-ssl now propagates to all HTTP requests including version check
• AIDER_TAGS_CACHE_DIR=/custom/path aider creates cache at /custom/path/.aider.tags.cache.v3
• All existing behavior unchanged with default settings

Risk

Low. All changes are configuration-only and default to existing behavior.

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