cli-comet 1.2.2

A terminal UI that automatically generates git commit messages using local language models via Ollama.

Comet CLI

Comet helps you save tokens! Comet is a terminal user interface application that automatically generates descriptive git commit messages using local language models via Ollama or LMStudio. It analyzes your staged git diffs and provides a clean interface to review, edit, regenerate, and commit your changes instantly.

Features

• Instant Boot: The UI renders instantly with zero latency, utilizing background threading for network auto-detection and initialization.
• Provider Auto-Detection: Automatically detects whether you are running Ollama or LMStudio locally without requiring configuration, while allowing overrides via the --provider flag.
• Persistent Settings: Comet remembers your last successfully used provider and model in a settings.json file inside the installation directory, skipping auto-detection on future boot-ups.
• Local Model Generation: Connects to your local AI servers to generate commit messages entirely privately.
• Model Swapping: Press tab to cycle through available local models directly from the interface.
• Context Aware: Automatically pulls in the last 5 commits to understand the tone and style of your project.
• Terminal User Interface: Built with Textual. It provides a dedicated text area to edit the generated message.
• Dynamic Newlines: Use the down arrow key on the last line to seamlessly add new lines to your commit message, and the up arrow key to remove them.
• Quick Undo: Press ctrl+z to instantly undo the last local commit if you need to make changes.
• Direct Syncing: Commit your changes and immediately push them to your remote repository with a second press of the commit button.
• Customizable Prompts: The instructions provided to the language model are stored in comet/system.md and can be edited to fit your specific workflow.

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Git installed and accessible in your system path
• Ollama or LMStudio installed and running locally

Installation

The recommended way to install Comet is globally using pipx:

pipx install cli-comet

Installation from Source

Clone the repository and install the required dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/razoring/CometCLI.git
cd CometCLI
python -m venv .venv

# On Windows
.venv\Scripts\activate

# On Unix/macOS
source .venv/bin/activate

pip install -e .

Usage

Ensure you have staged your changes using git add and that Ollama or LMStudio is running in the background.

Run the Comet application:

comet

You can optionally force a specific provider:

comet --provider ollama
comet --provider lmstudio

Keyboard Shortcuts

• enter: Commit the current text. If pressed again, it will push the commit to the remote repository.
• tab: Swap the active language model.
• ctrl+r: Regenerate the commit message with the current model.
• ctrl+z: Undo the most recent local commit.
• ctrl+t: Terminate the application.
• down arrow: Add a new line when at the bottom of the text area.
• up arrow: Remove the previous empty line.

Architecture

Comet uses the subprocess module to run git commands and capture diffs. It reads the local comet/system.md file for system instructions and sends the diff to the selected provider's API. The interface is built using Textual, providing responsive keyboard bindings and a resilient terminal layout. All blocking network logic runs in an asynchronous @work thread to ensure 0ms UI start latency.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). See the LICENSE file for details.