A Simple Tool For Creating Git Commits and Pull Requests
I hate ugly commit messages and pull request descriptions while using version control systems. It is hard to invest time to write good ones. When I say good, I mean a specific type. I like to read the Conventional Commits style very much.
Most of the LLMs can create a meaningful styled commit message by just using the git diff output. I have just created a Custom GPT on OpenAI Platform. Its name is Commit Crafter. Just give it a try and let me know if I can improve it. I am also planning to convert this into a CLI tool which even uses local open source LLMs. Not everybody would like to share their most valuable piece with OpenAI.
After creating the Commit Crafter I was thinking about Pull Requests (PRs). PRs are even more important to be read by humans. This time providing the commit log will be helpful and Pull Request Crafter is the Custom GPT for that one. It is again on the OpenAI platform. For this one I am not planning to create a CLI tool. It would be unnecessarily harder to implement and use.
Commands to Streamline the Process:
You can use the following command to apply git diff and copy the output to the clipboard in a Linux or macOS environment:
git add .
git diff --staged | pbcopy
This command works for macOS, where pbcopy is the command to copy content to the clipboard. If you’re on Linux, replace pbcopy with xclip like this:
git add .
git diff --staged | xclip -selection clipboard
Make sure that xclip is installed on your Linux system. You can install it using:
sudo apt-get install xclip