Commit Assistant (VS Code Extension)

Use GitHub Copilot models in VS Code to generate commit messages.

Commands

• Commit Assistant: Generate Commit Message
  • First prompts for optional user intent.
  • If input is provided, generation prioritizes that intent.
  • If input is empty, generation relies on git diff and related history.
  • The generated message is inserted into SCM input box when available, and always copied to clipboard.
• Commit Assistant: Switch Model
  • Select preferred model (default: gpt-4.1) or enter custom value.
• Commit Assistant: Switch Style
  • Select commit style mode.

Settings

• commitAssistant.model (string, default: gpt-4.1)
• commitAssistant.style (enum, default: conventional)
  • auto, plain, conventional, angular, karma, semantic, emoji, emojiKarma, google, atom
• commitAssistant.language (enum, default: english)
  • english, chinese
• commitAssistant.maxDiffChars (number, default: 16000)

Development

npm install
npm run build

Run extension in debug host:

1. Open this folder in VS Code.
2. Press F5 to launch Extension Development Host.
3. Open Command Palette and run one of the commands above.

Notes

• This extension uses VS Code Language Model API (vscode.lm) and requires GitHub Copilot model availability.
• Templates in src/prompts/templates.ts follow the provided reference definitions.