I Built a CLI Tool That Writes Better Git Commits Than I Do

A developer built git-copilot, a CLI tool that generates conventional commit messages by analyzing staged diffs using pure Python standard library with no AI or API calls. The tool automatically detects commit types based on file patterns, infers scope from directory names, and identifies breaking changes from migration files or keywords.

Have you ever stared at a terminal after git commit , trying to remember what you changed? I have. Every single day. Then I'd type "fixed stuff" or "update" and move on. Six months later, every git log was a graveyard of useless messages. So I built git-copilot . bash $ git add . $ git-copilot gen ✨ feat api : add user routes and controller 3 file s , +124/-15 lines Reads your staged diff, analyzes the files, and generates a conventional commit message. About 5 seconds. No AI. No API calls. No internet. Pure Python stdlib with smart heuristics. | Change | Auto-detects | |---|---| | src/ .py, .js | feat | | test.py, spec.js | test | | README.md, docs/ | docs | | Dockerfile, .github/ | build or ci | | .css, .scss | style | Scope is inferred from directory names - api/, ui/, db/, auth/, config/. Breaking changes detected from migration files or BREAKING CHANGE keywords. pip install git-copilot Or from GitHub: git clone https://github.com/zhirenhun-stack/git-copilot cd git-copilot && pip install -e . git-copilot gen git-copilot gen --type fix git-copilot config git-copilot init The free version is fully functional and open source. The Pro Pack includes: I got tired of writing "wip" for every commit. Now I run git-copilot gen | git commit -F - and get back to coding. Clean commits, every time. Repo: https://github.com/zhirenhun-stack/git-copilot https://github.com/zhirenhun-stack/git-copilot Pro Pack: https://zhirenhun.gumroad.com/l/git-copilot-pro https://zhirenhun.gumroad.com/l/git-copilot-pro