Git Helper CLI 🚀

Overview

Git Helper CLI is an intelligent command-line tool that revolutionizes Git workflows by combining traditional Git operations with AI-powered commit message generation. Using Groq's lightning-fast AI models, it analyzes your code changes and creates professional, conventional commit messages automatically - all while keeping your workflow simple and efficient.

✨ Key Features

• 🤖 AI-Powered Commit Messages - Automatically generates conventional commit messages using Groq AI
• ⚡ Lightning Fast - Built on Groq's infrastructure for sub-second response times
• 🎯 Smart Git Operations - Stage, commit, and push with a single command
• 🔧 Flexible Configuration - Project-specific and global settings support
• 🆓 16 Free AI Models - Choose from multiple free Groq models optimized for different use cases
• 🛡️ Secure by Design - API keys stored locally, never committed to repos
• 📋 Conventional Commits - Follows industry-standard commit message format
• 🌈 Beautiful CLI - Colorful, intuitive interface with progress indicators

🚀 Installation

Install Git Helper CLI globally via npm:

npm install -g git-helper-cli

⚙️ Quick Setup

1. Choose Your AI Model

# See all 16 available free models
git-helper config --list-models

# Set your preferred model (recommended: llama-3.3-70b-versatile)
git-helper config --set-model llama-3.3-70b-versatile

2. Add Your Groq API Key

# Get a free API key from https://console.groq.com/
git-helper config --set-key gsk_your_groq_api_key_here

3. Start Using AI Commits!

# Stage changes and let AI create the commit message
git-helper push --ai

# Or generate a message without committing
git-helper commit-msg

📖 Usage Guide

AI-Powered Push

Let AI analyze your changes and create the perfect commit message:

git-helper push --ai
git-helper push --ai --branch feature/new-feature

Manual Push

Traditional push with your own message:

git-helper push "feat(auth): add OAuth integration"
git-helper push "fix: resolve memory leak" --branch bugfix/memory

Pull Changes

git-helper pull
git-helper pull --branch main

Generate AI Commit Messages

Preview AI-generated messages without committing:

git-helper commit-msg

Advanced Options

# Dry run - see what would happen without executing
git-helper push --ai --dry-run

# Use current branch automatically
git-helper push "your message"  # auto-detects current branch

🎯 Available AI Models

Choose from 16 free models optimized for different needs:

| Model | Best For | Speed | | ------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | | llama-3.3-70b-versatile ⭐ | Overall best performance | Fast | | qwen-2.5-coder-32b | Code understanding | Fast | | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | Complex reasoning | Medium | | llama-3.1-8b-instruct | Speed & efficiency | Ultra-fast | | mixtral-8x7b-32768 | Large context | Medium |

⭐ = Recommended default

⚙️ Configuration Management

Project-Specific Settings

# Set API key for current project only
git-helper config --set-key gsk_your_key

# Set model for current project
git-helper config --set-model llama-3.1-70b-instruct

# View current configuration
git-helper config --show

Global Settings (Fallback)

# Set global defaults
git-helper config --set-global-key gsk_your_key
git-helper config --set-global-model qwen-2.5-coder-32b

# Reset configurations
git-helper config --reset          # Reset project config
git-helper config --reset-global   # Reset global config

Priority System

The tool uses this priority order:

1. Environment Variable (GROQ_API_KEY)
2. Project Config (.git-helper-config.json)
3. Global Config (~/.git-helper-global.json)

🛡️ Security Features

• Local Storage: API keys stored locally, never transmitted except to Groq
• Auto .gitignore: Config files automatically added to .gitignore
• Input Sanitization: Prevents command injection attacks
• Validation: Checks for git repos and staged changes

💡 Examples

Typical Workflow

# 1. Make your code changes
vim src/auth.js

# 2. Let AI create the perfect commit message and push
git-helper push --ai

# Output:
# ✅ AI generated message: "feat(auth): add JWT token validation"
# ✅ Changes pushed successfully!

Team Collaboration

# Each team member sets their own API key
git-helper config --set-key gsk_alice_key    # Alice's key
git-helper config --set-key gsk_bob_key      # Bob's key

# Config file is gitignored automatically
# Everyone uses the same model settings
git-helper config --set-model qwen-2.5-coder-32b

Different Models for Different Projects

# Use code-optimized model for backend
cd backend-api/
git-helper config --set-model qwen-2.5-coder-32b

# Use general model for documentation
cd docs/
git-helper config --set-model llama-3.3-70b-versatile

🔧 Advanced Features

Dry Run Mode

See what would happen without executing:

git-helper push --ai --dry-run

# Output:
# Dry run - would execute:
#   git add .
#   git commit -m "feat(api): add user authentication"
#   git push origin main

Smart Branch Detection

Automatically uses your current branch:

git checkout feature/user-auth
git-helper push --ai  # Automatically pushes to feature/user-auth

Validation & Safety

• Checks if you're in a git repository
• Verifies staged changes exist
• Validates API keys and models
• Sanitizes commit messages

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Test thoroughly
5. Use the tool to commit: git-helper push --ai 😉
6. Submit a pull request

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/your-username/git-helper-cli
cd git-helper-cli
npm install
npm link  # Test locally

📊 Why Git Helper CLI?

| Traditional Git | Git Helper CLI | | ---------------------------- | --------------------------- | | git add . | ✅ Automated | | Think of commit message | 🤖 AI generates it | | git commit -m "message" | ✅ Automated | | git push origin branch | ✅ Automated | | Remember conventional format | 📋 Always follows standards | | Context switching to think | ⚡ Instant, context-aware |

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Groq for providing lightning-fast AI inference
• Commander.js for excellent CLI framework
• Chalk for beautiful terminal colors
• The open-source community for inspiration

Keywords

git ai cli groq commit-messages conventional-commits developer-tools automation git-helper command-line productivity llama ai-powered git-workflow

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