git-commit-summary

Git Commit Summary

Tired of writing git commit messages? This tool uses AI ✨ to automatically generate a concise commit summary for your staged changes.

Features

• Automatic Commit Summaries: Analyzes your staged changes and generates AI-slop high-quality commit messages.
• Interactive Confirmation: Prompts you to confirm the commit message before committing.
• Colorful Output: Provides a visually appealing and easy-to-read output in your terminal.

Installation

go install github.com/rm-hull/git-commit-summary

Usage

1. Set up your API key:

   Create a .env file in your git repository and add your Gemini API key:

   GEMINI_API_KEY=<your_api_key>
   

   Get an API key from: https://aistudio.google.com/api-keys

   You can also optionally set the GEMINI_MODEL environment variable to specify which model to use. The default is gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025.

2. Stage your changes:

   git add <files>
   

3. Run the tool:

   git commit-summary
   

4. Confirm the commit:

   The tool will display the generated commit summary and ask for your confirmation. Type y to accept and commit, or n to abort.

Aliases

If you want to use a shorter command, you can add an alias to your ~/.gitconfig file. For example, to use git cs as a shorthand for git commit-summary, you can run the following command:

git config --global alias.cs commit-summary

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.