DevDash CLI

AI-powered commit message generator for your git workflow

Features

• 🤖 Generate descriptive commit messages using Google's Gemini AI
• 📝 Analyzes your staged git changes automatically
• ⚡ Simple CLI interface
• 🔐 Secure API key storage in your home directory
• 🎨 Beautiful, formatted commit messages

Installation

npm install -g @pkpkpkddea/devdash

Quick Start

1. Stage your changes:

   git add .

2. Generate commit message:

   devdash commit

3. On first run, you'll be prompted to enter your Google Gemini API key:

   🔑 Google Gemini API Key not found.
   Get your free API key at: https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
      
   Enter your Google Gemini API Key: 

4. Review the generated message and use it:

   git commit -m "Your generated message"

Commands

devdash commit

Generate a commit message from your staged changes.

devdash commit

devdash config

Manage your DevDash configuration.

Set API key:

devdash config --set-key YOUR_API_KEY

Set AI model:

devdash config --set-model gemini-2.5-pro

Show current configuration:

devdash config --show

Getting Your API Key

1. Visit Google AI Studio
2. Sign in with your Google account
3. Click "Create API key"
4. Copy the generated key
5. Run devdash commit and paste the key when prompted

The API key is free for typical personal usage.

Configuration

Your configuration is stored in ~/.devdash/config.json:

{
  "apiKey": "your-api-key",
  "model": "gemini-2.0-flash"
}

Available Models

• gemini-2.0-flash (default, recommended)
• gemini-2.5-flash
• gemini-2.5-pro
• gemini-2.0-flash-lite
• gemini-flash-latest
• gemini-pro-latest

Example Output

$ devdash commit

🤖 Generating commit message...

📝 Suggested commit message:

──────────────────────────────────────────────────
Add user authentication and update API endpoints

- Implemented JWT-based authentication system
- Updated user login endpoint to return tokens
- Added middleware for protected routes
- Refactored error handling in auth module
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

To use this message, run:
git commit -m "Add user authentication and update API endpoints"

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• Git installed and accessible in PATH
• Google Gemini API key

License

MIT

Author

pkpkpkddea

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome!

Repository

https://github.com/pkpkpkddea/DevTool-Suite