auto-commit-ai 0.2.2

Generate automatic commit messages using AI

AutoCommitAI 🤖

Automatic commit message generator using AI. With some extra features.

🚀 Features

• 🧠 Multiple AI providers: OpenAI, Google Gemini and Azure OpenAI. Other integrations will be added in the future
• 🌍 Multi-language support: Generate commits in Spanish, English, French, German, etc.
• 📋 Interactive staging: Select which files to include in the commit
• 👀 Preview mode: Generate messages without committing. Yes, the "final" message will be different, but you can see an approach
• 📊 Repository information: Status, history, branches
• 🔄 Automation: Auto-confirm mode for CI/CD
• 📱 JSON output: Structured format for tool integration

📦 Installation

You can install AutoCommit AI directly from PyPI using pip:

pip install auto-commit-ai

Alternatively, you can clone the repository and install directly from source:

git clone https://gitlab.com/tmllull/auto-commit-ai.git
cd auto-commit-ai
pip install .

🔧 Configuration

AutoCommit AI loads its configuration from environment variables file. You can set these variables in a .auto_commit_ai.env file located in your current working directory (where your git repository is) or your home directory (~/.auto_commit_ai.env).

NOTE: If you add the file to your working directory, remember to add it to your .gitignore file.

The contents of the .auto_commit_ai.env can be found in the .auto_commit_ai.env.template file.

🎯 Basic Usage

AutoCommit AI is a command-line tool. Navigate to your Git repository and run one of the following commands:

# Default command
auto-commit-ai

or

# Alias for the default command
acai

This is the default command, and it will generate a commit message for your staged changes only.

Both commands, auto-commit-ai and acai, are equivalent and can be used interchangeably.

Basic commands

# Include all changes (staged + unstaged + untracked)
acai --all

# Use specific provider
acai --provider google

# Generate in Spanish
acai --language es

Preview message

# Preview without committing
auto-commit-ai --preview

# Preview including all changes
acai --preview --all

Interactive staging

# Select files for staging
acai --stage

📊 Repository information

# Repository status
acai --status

# Commit history
auto-commit-ai --history

# Branch information
acai --branches

🛠️ Advanced options

Automation

# Automatic mode (no confirmations)
acai --auto-confirm

# JSON output for scripts
auto-commit-ai --output json

# Specific repository
auto-commit-ai --repo /path/to/repo

Output control

# Don't show status before commit
acai --no-status

# Verbose mode for debugging
acai --verbose

🌍 Supported languages

The system supports ISO 639-1 language codes:

• en - English (default)
• es - Spanish
• fr - French
• de - German
• it - Italian
• pt - Portuguese
• ja - Japanese
• zh - Chinese
• ru - Russian
• And many more... As you use the ISO 639-1 codes, the system will adapt to your needs.

📋 Usage Examples

Typical workflow

# 1. Check repository status
acai --status

# 2. Interactive file staging
acai --stage

# 3. Preview message
acai --preview

# 4. Generate final commit
acai

CI/CD automation

# Automatic commit in pipeline
acai --all --auto-confirm --output json

Working with specific repository

# Work with another repository
acai --repo /path/to/project --status
acai --repo /path/to/project --all

🔄 Workflow

1. Analysis: Detects repository changes (staged, unstaged, untracked)
2. Generation: Uses AI to analyze diffs and generate descriptive message
3. Review: Shows generated message for confirmation
4. Commit: Creates commit with generated message
5. Optional push: Offers to push automatically

📝 Message format

Generated messages follow best practices:

• Title: Concise line describing the main change
• Description: Additional details when necessary
• Conventions: Follows standards like Conventional Commits when appropriate

🚨 Error handling

The system gracefully handles:

• ❌ Non-Git repositories
• ❌ No changes to commit
• ❌ AI API errors
• ❌ Connectivity issues
• ❌ Incorrect configuration

📄 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for more details.

🆘 Support

To report bugs or request features, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

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