commitly 3.1.3

Generate a well-structured commit message based on staged changes

🧠 The Problem: The Empty Commit Syndrome

You just wrapped up an intense dev session. You proudly run:

git add .
git commit ""

And then… nothing.

The cursor blinks. The quotes are empty. No idea what to write. How do you summarize what you just did? How do you follow commit conventions? Should you mention the ticket? Where? How?

That’s where Commitly comes in.

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🚀 What is Commitly?

Commitly is a Python library that uses AI to automatically generate smart commit messages from your staged Git changes (git diff --cached).

No more writer’s block. Commitly gives you clear, structured, multilingual messages — even splits large diffs into logical commits if needed.

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📦 Installation

Install Commitly via PyPI:

pip install commitly

Make sure Git is installed and properly configured on your system.

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⚙️ Main Features

🔹 __init__(file_temp="commit.txt", lang="fr")

Creates a Commitly instance:

• file_temp: Temporary file name to save the commit message.
• lang: Output language (en or fr). Default is French.

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🔹 add(file: str) -> bool

Adds a file to the Git staging area.

commitly.add("app/models/user.py")

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🔹 generate_commit_message(...) -> dict | List[dict]

Generates one or more commit messages from the current staged diff.

Parameters:

• style_commit, format_commit, recommandation_commit: Customize commit style and rules.
• ticket: Ticket ID to include in the commit.
• fact (bool): Enables smart factorization to split the diff into multiple coherent commits.

⚠️ Raises a DiffEmptyException if no changes are detected in staging.

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🔹 save_message_to_file(message: str) -> bool

Saves the generated commit message to the temporary file.

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🔹 commit() -> bool

Performs a Git commit using the saved message from the temporary file and deletes it afterward.

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🔹 push()

Pushes your latest commit to the remote repository.

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🔹 unstage(file: str)

Removes a file from the Git staging area (git reset <file>).

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🔹 file_stage() -> List[str]

Returns a list of currently staged files (git diff --cached --name-only).

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🔹 _run_cmd(cmd: str, return_code: bool = False)

Internal method to execute shell commands.

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🧪 Full Example

from commitly.commitly import Commitly

commitly = Commitly()

# Stage a file
commitly.add("main.py")

# Generate a message with a ticket
message = commitly.generate_commit_message(ticket="#42")

# Save it and commit
commitly.save_message_to_file(message["commit"])
commitly.commit()
commitly.push()

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🧠 Example with smart factorization

messages = commitly.generate_commit_message(ticket="#42", fact=True)
for item in messages:
    print(item["commit"], ":", item["files"])

Example output:

[
    {
        "commit": "feat[core]: add role management to authentication",
        "files": ["auth/roles.py", "auth/utils.py"]
    },
    {
        "commit": "docs: update setup guide",
        "files": ["docs/setup.md"]
    }
]

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🧩 About the Commit Format

Generated messages follow a conventional structure:

<type>[optional scope]: <description>

[optional body]

[optional footer] ← ticket goes here (#1234)

Common types:

• feat: a new feature
• fix: a bug fix
• docs: documentation-only changes
• refactor: code changes that neither fix a bug nor add a feature
• chore: other routine tasks like config or CI changes

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💡 Why use Commitly?

✅ Say goodbye to “wip” commits ✅ Enforce a consistent commit standard across your team ✅ Generate logical, factorized commits from complex diffs ✅ Multilingual support (EN/FR) ✅ Easy integration into any Git workflow

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📋 License

MIT © 2025 Kouya Chance Boman Tosten

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Stop staring at your empty commit. Let Commitly tell the story of your code — one commit at a time.