omarshaarawi / commitgpt

Automatically generate commit messages using ChatGPT

commitgpt

Automatically generate commit messages using ChatGPT.

How to use?

npx commitgpt

or use -c for conventional commits format.

npx commitgpt -c

On the first run you will be asked to enter your OpenAI session token.

Get your session token

1. Go to https://chat.openai.com/chat and log in or sign up.
2. Open console with F12.
3. Open Application > Cookies.
4. Copy the value for __Secure-next-auth.session-token and paste it into config.json.example under session_token. You do not need to fill out Authorization
5. Save the modified file to config.json (In the current working directory)

How it works

• Runs git diff --staged
• Sends the diff to ChatGPT and asks it to suggest commit messages
• Shows suggestions to the user

Credits

Some code and approaches were inspired by the awesome projects below:

• https://github.com/acheong08/ChatGPT
• https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/chatgpt-api
• https://github.com/wong2/chat-gpt-google-extension

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