🚀 Git Commit Message Generator (gitcommitgen)

Auto-generate meaningful and conventional commit messages using AI!

This CLI tool uses the power of Google Gemini AI to generate commit messages based on your latest staged changes. It's designed for developers who want clean, descriptive, and standardized commit messages without the hassle.

✨ Features

• 🤖 AI-generated commit messages
• ✅ Follows conventional commit format (feat:, fix:, chore:, etc.)
• ⚡ Fast and easy to use from the command line
• 📦 Lightweight and minimal setup
• 🧠 Understands your code changes and writes relevant summaries

📦 Installation

npm install -g gitcommitgen

🛠️ Usage

1. In your Git project, stage your changes:

   git add .

2. Then simply run:

   gitcommitgen

3. The tool will:

   • Collect the git diff of staged changes
   • Send it to Google Gemini API
   • Print a commit message in the conventional commit format

4. Copy the generated message or use it directly as needed:

   git commit -m "✨ Generated commit message"

🔐 Environment Variables

To use the Gemini API, create a .env file in your project root with:

GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_gemini_api_key

🧪 Example Output

feat: add user login API with JWT token authentication

💡 Tip

You can alias it to make it even quicker:

alias gcg="gitcommitgen"