Commit

A tiny CLI tool that uses Claude to generate conventional commit messages from your staged changes. Written in Go <3

Overview

Commit is designed to streamline the Git commit process by:

1. Analyzing your staged changes
2. Using Claude AI to generate a conventional commit message
3. Allowing you to accept, edit, or reject the suggestion
4. Automatically committing the changes

Installation

Using Go Install (Recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/joehewett/commit.git

# Navigate to the commit directory
cd commit

# Install globally
go install

Make sure $GOPATH/bin is in your PATH:

# Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Usage

Before running git add, simply run:

commit

The tool will:

1. Analyze your changes
2. Generate a conventional commit message
3. Present options to accept, edit, or reject the message
4. Create the commit if accepted

Flags

• --debug: Enable debug output

Environment Variables

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: Required. Your Claude API key
• EDITOR: Optional. Your preferred editor for message editing (defaults to vim)

Requirements

• Go 1.22 or higher
• Git
• Anthropic API key
• Write access to the repository