Show HN: Script to Auto-Generate Commit Messages with AI

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Post by 5n00py » Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

The goal is to integrate the capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-3 model into the Git commit process. The tool inspects the staged changes and auto-generates descriptive commit messages which can be used as template for the commit command.

Show HN: Script to Auto-Generate Commit Messages with AI
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Re: Show HN: Script to Auto-Generate Commit Messages with AI

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Post by gsuuon » Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

I've made something similar too (but as part of a neovim plugin) - it'd be helpful to be able to specify more information about the commit message, e.g. that it should conform to conventional commits.

Re: Show HN: Script to Auto-Generate Commit Messages with AI

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Post by 5n00py » Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 8:06 PM UTC

gsuuon wrote: post #2

I've made something similar too (but as part of a neovim plugin) - it'd be helpful to be able to specify more information about the commit message, e.g. that it should conform to conventional commits.

I would like to check out your implementation in the neovim plugin. Do you have a direct link? As for myself, I was always more into doing git-related tasks directly in the terminal without relying on plugins or external tools, therefore bash scripting naturally aligned with that approach for me, even though I also do the editing in neovim...

Good point about making the AI more aware of conventional commits. In fact, sometimes the AI tends to follow a more conventional commit style, sometimes not. But there is an option to add specific instructions, like adhering to conventional commits or any custom guidline, but anyway, its still in progress ;-) And I usually manually the generated commit messages to fit in a specific context.

One of the challenges I've noticed is that the AI sometimes struggles to distinguish between formatting and actual code changes. So, to address this, I usually also provide additional instructions or make manual adjustments.

Re: Show HN: Script to Auto-Generate Commit Messages with AI

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Post by gsuuon » Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 9:02 PM UTC

5n00py wrote: post #3

gsuuon wrote: post #2

I've made something similar too (but as part of a neovim plugin) - it'd be helpful to be able to specify more information about the commit message, e.g. that it should conform to conventional commits.

I would like to check out your implementation in the neovim plugin. Do you have a direct link? As for myself, I was always more into doing git-related tasks directly in the terminal without relying on plugins or external tools, therefore bash scripting naturally aligned with that approach for me, even though I also do the editing in neovim... Good point about making the AI more aware of conventional commits. In fact,…

My plugin is here: https://github.com/gsuuon/llm.nvim -- one of the "starter prompts" is commit message, so with vim-fugitive I open up the git status window, stage my changes, press 'cc', then ':Llm commit\ message' (or just ':Llm mess' tab complete). Then I make changes as needed. I notice that normally it fails to capture my intent for larger changes (things that should be refactor for example get labeled as feat), and readme only changes are sometimes not labeled as 'docs' correctly.

Here's where the commit message prompt is: https://github.com/gsuuon/llm.nvim/blob/2d771cc882ad9edd8011...