𝞹 git-assistant

An agent-driven git commit assistant for pi.

Stop wrangling git branches and writing commit messages by hand. The LLM reads your diffs, understands your actual code changes, decides the correct branch, writes a conventional commit message, and crafts a professional PR description—all automatically.

No hidden logic. No hardcoded heuristics. 100% safe, read-only git analysis until you execute.

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🚀 Installation

Install globally via npm (recommended):

pi install npm:pi-git-assistant

Or install directly from the repository:

pi install git:github.com/elt7613/pi-git-assistant

⌨️ Commands

| Command | Action | |---------|--------| | /git-commit | Commits only the files modified during your current active pi session. | | /git-commit-all | Commits all uncommitted changes in the repository. | | /git-commit-reset-gate | Resets the execution gate so the agent can prompt again after a previous denial. |

Optional Arguments

Append these to any command to customize the LLM's behavior:

• give pr description — Generates a comprehensive PR description alongside the commit.
• use branch <name> — Forces the LLM to commit to the specified branch instead of analyzing and creating its own. (e.g., /git-commit use branch feat/auth)

🧠 How It Works

We don't use simple scripts. The LLM natively understands your intent and acts accordingly:

1. Context Gathering: The extension fetches git status, diffs, and tracks session files.
2. Analysis: The LLM reads the actual code modifications to understand the feature or fix.
3. Decision & Formatting:
   • Branch: Determines whether to stay, switch, or create a new semantic branch (e.g., feat/..., fix/...).
   • Message: Generates a strict conventional commit message (< 72 characters, imperative mood).
4. Execution: The agent safely triggers the internal git_commit_execute tool to apply the changes.

🛡️ Execution Gate

Before the agent can autonomously execute a git commit, you must explicitly approve it via a confirmation dialog:

• Yes → The commit executes once. The next autonomous attempt will prompt again.
• No → The gate locks for the entire session. All future autonomous commit attempts fail immediately with a terminal error, preventing unbreakable agent retry loops.
• Reset → Run /git-commit-reset-gate from the Command Palette to manually unlock the gate.

Manual commands (/git-commit, /git-commit-all) bypass the gate entirely. When you explicitly trigger a commit, the analysis and execution flow straight through without additional prompts. The gate only applies when the agent initiates a commit on its own.

🛡️ Strict Safety & Branch Rules

We enforce strict guardrails inside the LLM prompt to protect your repository:

• Protected Branches: It will always create a new branch if you are currently on main, master, or develop.
• Zero Hallucination Tolerance: Current branches get no special treatment. If the code changes do not perfectly match the current branch intent, the LLM will create a new one.
• Safe Commands Only: The extension operates purely through read-only git analysis until the final execution. It uses git checkout, git add, and git commit.
  • It never uses stash, restore, reset, rebase, merge, cherry-pick, clean, pull, or push.

🕒 Persistent Session Tracking

Working across multiple days? No problem.

Any files touched by the write or edit tools during your pi session are automatically tracked. This tracking survives a session /resume—meaning /git-commit will still perfectly remember the scope of your work even if you restart your environment.