I Built a CLI Tool That Writes Better Git Commits Than I Do

#productivity #git #showdev #python

Have you ever stared at a terminal after git commit, trying to remember what you changed?

I have. Every single day.

Then I'd type "fixed stuff" or "update" and move on. Six months later, every git log was a graveyard of useless messages.

So I built git-copilot.

What it does

$ git add .
$ git-copilot gen
✨ feat(api): add user routes and controller
3 file(s), +124/-15 lines

Reads your staged diff, analyzes the files, and generates a conventional commit message. About 5 seconds.

No AI. No API calls. No internet. Pure Python stdlib with smart heuristics.

Scope is inferred from directory names - api/, ui/, db/, auth/, config/. Breaking changes detected from migration files or BREAKING CHANGE keywords.

pip install git-copilot

Or from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/zhirenhun-stack/git-copilot
cd git-copilot && pip install -e .

git-copilot gen
git-copilot gen --type fix
git-copilot config
git-copilot init

The free version is fully functional and open source. The Pro Pack includes:

I got tired of writing "wip" for every commit. Now I run git-copilot gen | git commit -F - and get back to coding. Clean commits, every time.