have ai write commit messages for you in lazygit.
uses openai to generate commit message suggestions based on the diff between the current branch and master. then you can select a commit message from the list and use it to commit your changes.
bun install -g @chhoumann/bunnaiset up with your openai api key & preferred model:
bunnai configyou can specify custom templates. use bunnai config to edit the templates.
when you invoke bunnai, you can specify a template name to use with --template.
this creates a menu of commit messages based on the diff between the current branch and master.
insert the following custom command into your lazygit config file:
customCommands:
- key: "<c-a>" # ctrl + a
description: "pick AI commit"
command: 'git commit -m "{{.Form.Msg}}"'
context: "files"
prompts:
- type: "menuFromCommand"
title: "ai Commits"
key: "Msg"
command: "bunx bunnai"
filter: '^(?P<number>\d+)\.\s(?P<message>.+)$'
valueFormat: "{{ .message }}"
labelFormat: "{{ .number }}: {{ .message | green }}"this allows you to edit the commit message in vim after you've selected it from the menu.
abort comitting by deleting the commit message in vim.
customCommands:
- key: "<c-a>" # ctrl + a
description: "Pick AI commit"
command: 'echo "{{.Form.Msg}}" > .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG && vim .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG && [ -s .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG ] && git commit -F .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG || echo "Commit message is empty, commit aborted."'
context: "files"
subprocess: true
prompts:
- type: "menuFromCommand"
title: "AI Commits"
key: "Msg"
command: "bunx bunnai"
filter: '^(?P<number>\d+)\.\s(?P<message>.+)$'
valueFormat: "{{ .message }}"
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