gitdude 1.4.0

AI-powered Git workflow assistant — commit, review, recover, and more with a single command

GitDude 🧠

GitDude is an AI-powered Git workflow assistant that turns plain English into git actions — commit, review, recover, and understand your repo from the terminal.

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✨ Features

• 🤖 Multi-provider AI — Gemini (default, free), Groq (fastest), Ollama (100% local), OpenAI
• 💬 Natural language commands — gitdude do "stash, switch to main, pull"
• 🔍 AI code review — bugs, security issues, quality flags before you push
• 🌿 Smart branch naming — gitdude branch "fix login problem"
• ✂️ Commit splitting — gitdude split messy changes into logical commits
• 💬 Codebase chat — gitdude chat "how does X work?"
• 🚑 Emergency recovery — gitdude whoops diagnoses and fixes git disasters
• 📋 PR generation — full GitHub PR description, auto-copied to clipboard
• 🎨 Beautiful Rich UI — tables, panels, spinners, color-coded output
• 🔐 Secure config — keys stored in ~/.gitdude/config.json, never in .env

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🚀 Quick Start

# 1. Install
pip install gitdude

# 2. Configure (takes 60 seconds)
gitdude config

# 3. Generate an AI commit message and push
gitdude push

# 4. Ask about your code
gitdude chat "what does this project do?"

# 5. Review your code before merging
gitdude review

# 6. Something went wrong? Ask for help
gitdude whoops

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📦 Installation

pip install gitdude

Python 3.10+ required.

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🔑 Provider Setup

Google Gemini (Default — Free)

1. Get an API key from Google AI Studio
2. Run gitdude config → choose gemini → paste key

Groq (Fastest Free Tier)

1. Get a key at console.groq.com/keys
2. Run gitdude config → choose groq → paste key

Ollama (100% Local/Offline)

1. Install Ollama: ollama.ai
2. Pull a model: ollama pull llama3
3. Run gitdude config → choose ollama (no key needed)

OpenAI

1. Get a key at platform.openai.com
2. Run gitdude config → choose openai → paste key

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📖 Command Reference

gitdude push

AI-generates a commit message for your changes, lets you confirm/edit, then commits and pushes.

gitdude push                      # Stage all → AI commit → push
gitdude push --no-confirm         # Skip confirmation
gitdude push --dry-run            # Preview only, don't execute
gitdude push --style freeform     # Use freeform (not conventional) commit style

Commit types (conventional): feat, fix, chore, docs, refactor, style, test, perf, ci

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gitdude sync

Fetch + rebase. If there are merge conflicts, AI explains what's conflicting and gives exact resolution steps.

gitdude sync
gitdude sync --dry-run

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gitdude back

Shows last 30 commits in a table. Pick one to go back to, choose a mode.

gitdude back
gitdude back --dry-run

Modes: soft (keep changes staged), hard (discard changes), checkout (detached HEAD), branch (new branch from that commit)

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gitdude undo "<description>"

Describe what went wrong — AI reads your log and reflog to determine the safest recovery.

gitdude undo "I accidentally committed my .env file"
gitdude undo "I deleted the wrong branch"
gitdude undo "I made a mess of the last 3 commits" --dry-run

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gitdude do "<natural language>"

Convert plain English into a sequence of git commands, preview, then execute.

gitdude do "stash my changes, switch to main, pull latest"
gitdude do "create a new branch called feature/auth and push it"
gitdude do "squash my last 3 commits" --dry-run

If any command fails, AI reads the error and suggests a fix.

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gitdude review

Diffs your current branch vs main/master, then AI reviews for bugs, security issues, and quality.

gitdude review
gitdude review --base develop     # Compare against a different branch
gitdude review --dry-run          # Show diff without AI review

Review sections: Summary · ⚠️ Potential Bugs · 🔒 Security Issues · 📏 Code Quality · 🔍 Things to Check · ✅ Overall Assessment

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gitdude branch "<description>"

AI-generates a clean, conventional branch name from your description.

gitdude branch "fix the login timeout bug"
# → Suggests: fix/login-timeout-bug
# → Prompts: create branch / edit name / cancel

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gitdude split

The ultimate tool for messy working trees. AI analyzes all your changes and groups them into logical, atomic commits.

gitdude split
# → Groups files + generates commit messages
# → Interactive loop to commit each group one-by-one

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gitdude chat "<question>"

Ask questions about your codebase. It reads your file tree, README, and recent history to provide specific answers.

gitdude chat "how do I add a new command to this app?"
gitdude chat "where is the AI provider logic located?"

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gitdude pr

Generates a complete PR title + description + bullet list + testing notes. Auto-copies to clipboard.

gitdude pr
gitdude pr --base develop         # Compare against develop
gitdude pr --no-copy              # Don't copy to clipboard

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gitdude explain

Reads your last 5 reflog entries and explains in plain English what happened.

gitdude explain

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gitdude whoops

Emergency recovery. Feeds git status + log + reflog to AI. Diagnoses what went wrong and gives step-by-step recovery.

gitdude whoops
gitdude whoops --dry-run          # Diagnose only, don't execute

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gitdude config

Interactive configuration wizard.

gitdude config                    # Run setup
gitdude config --show             # Print current config (keys masked)
gitdude config --reset            # Wipe config and redo setup

Stored settings:

• AI provider (gemini / groq / ollama / openai)
• API key per provider
• Model name per provider
• Default branch (main or master)
• Commit style (conventional or freeform)

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🏗️ Architecture

gitdude/
├── main.py        # Typer app — all command definitions
├── ai.py          # Unified AI provider wrapper (ask_ai)
├── git_ops.py     # GitPython operations (diff, log, push, reset…)
├── config.py      # Config at ~/.gitdude/config.json
└── utils.py       # Rich panels, tables, prompts, helpers

AI Providers (ai.py):

Provider	SDK	Default Model	Speed	Cost
gemini	google-generativeai	gemini-2.0-flash	Fast	Free tier
groq	groq	llama-3.3-70b-versatile	Fastest	Free tier
ollama	ollama	llama3	Local	Free (local)
openai	openai	gpt-4o-mini	Fast	Pay per use

All providers go through a single interface: ask_ai(prompt) -> str with spinner feedback and unified error handling.

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🛡️ Safety Features

• ✅ All destructive operations (hard reset, force push, etc.) require explicit confirmation
• ✅ --dry-run flag available on all mutating commands
• ✅ Color-coded risk levels — green (safe), yellow (caution), red (destructive)
• ✅ No tracebacks — all exceptions caught and shown as friendly Rich error panels
• ✅ API keys stored privately in ~/.gitdude/config.json, never in project files

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🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feat/amazing-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Run linting: ruff check .
5. Open a PR — or just use gitdude pr to generate your PR description! 😄

Dev setup:

git clone https://github.com/utkarshgupta188/gitdude
cd gitdude
pip install -e ".[dev]"

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📄 License

MIT © GitDude Contributors