GitComm

GitComm is a CLI tool that uses LLMs (Gemini by default) to automatically generate meaningful Git commit messages by analyzing your staged changes.

Features

• 🤖 Uses AI to analyze staged changes and generate commit messages
• ⚡ Powered by Google's Gemini (with Groq and OpenAI fallback support)
• 🚀 Auto-commit and push capabilities
• 💻 Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Installation

Using Go Install

go install github.com/ktappdev/gitcomm@latest

From Releases

Download the appropriate binary for your system from the releases page.

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ktappdev/gitcomm.git

# Enter the directory
cd gitcomm

# Build
go build

# Or use the build script for all platforms
./build.sh

Setup

1. Get a Gemini API key from Google AI Studio

2. Set your API key as an environment variable:

# For Gemini (default)
export GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

# For Groq (optional fallback)
export GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key

# For OpenAI (optional fallback)
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key

Usage

1. Stage your changes as normal:

git add .

2. Generate a commit message:

gitcomm

3. Auto-commit with the generated message:

gitcomm -auto

4. Auto-commit and push:

gitcomm -ap

Examples

# Basic usage - will analyze changes and suggest a commit message
gitcomm

# Stage all changes and generate a commit message
gitcomm -sa

# Stage all changes, generate message, and auto-commit
gitcomm -sa -auto

# Stage all changes, generate message, auto-commit, and push
gitcomm -sa -ap

Configuration

GitComm uses the following defaults:

• LLM Provider: Gemini
• Model: gemini-1.5-flash-8b
• Max Tokens: 50 (approximately 2 lines of text)
• Temperature: 0.7 (balanced between creativity and consistency)

Environment Variables

• GEMINI_API_KEY: Your Gemini API key (required by default)
• GROQ_API_KEY: Your Groq API key (optional, for fallback)
• OPENAI_API_KEY: Your OpenAI API key (optional, for fallback)

Command Line Flags

• -auto: Automatically commit with the generated message
• -ap: Automatically commit and push to remote
• -sa: Stage all changes before analyzing (equivalent to git add .)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

Acknowledgments

• Google for their fast LLM API
• The Go community for the excellent tooling

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. No API Key Set

   Error: API key not set for provider gemini
   

   Solution: Set your GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable

2. No Staged Changes

   No staged changes. Please stage your changes before running gitcomm.
   

   Solution: Stage your changes using git add

3. Push Failed

   Error pushing changes
   

   Solution: Check your remote repository configuration and permissions

Getting Help

If you encounter any issues:

1. Check the troubleshooting section above
2. Search existing GitHub issues
3. Create a new issue with:
   • Your OS and version
   • Command used
   • Full error message
   • Steps to reproduce