commit-rewriter

Local web app for editing local commit messages to a Git repository.

Usage

uvx commit-rewriter /path/to/repository

Or omit the path if the repository is your current working directory.

By default, the app edits the latest 100 commits reachable from the local branch checked out when the server starts. Use --branch to select a different local branch:

uvx commit-rewriter /path/to/repository --branch my-feature

Defaults to running on http://127.0.0.1:8000 - use -p/--port 8002 to run on a different port.

Edit multiple commit messages using the web UI. When you apply them the tool will first create a branch to back up the repository prior to making the changes.

Installation

pip install commit-rewriter
# or
uv tool install commit-rewriter

Screenshot

Contributing

To run the tests:

uv run pytest

To re-take the screenshot using shot-scraper:

shot-scraper multi shots.yml