Git Bot for VS Code

LLM-powered conventional commit messages and branch names, generated straight into the Source Control view.

This is the VS Code companion to the @shailesh-714/git-bot CLI. Both share the same generation engine and the same conventions config.

Features

✨ Generate Commit Message — click the sparkle button in the Source Control view title bar (or run the command) to generate a conventional commit message from your staged changes (falls back to unstaged) and fill the commit input box. Edit it if you like, then commit as usual.
Generate and Create Branch — generates a branch name like feature/add-login-flow from your current changes, lets you edit it, then creates and checks out the branch.
Generate Commit Message and Branch — both of the above in one step: creates the branch, then fills the commit input box.
Set OpenAI API Key — stores your API key in VS Code secret storage (never in plaintext settings).
(Auto Approve) variants — each generate command has a command-palette twin that skips confirmations: the commit is created immediately and branches are checked out without the review prompt, like the CLI's -y flag.
One-click push — after a commit or branch is created, the success notification offers a Push button that pushes the current branch to origin (setting the upstream).
(Auto Approve + Push) variants — each auto command also has a "…and Push" twin that pushes to origin automatically at the end, fully hands-off (like the CLI's -y --push).

Setup

Install the extension.
Run Git Bot: Set OpenAI API Key from the command palette.
Stage some changes and hit the ✨ button in the Source Control view.

If you already use the git-bot CLI, the extension reads the same ~/.config/git-bot/config.toml — your commit types, branch prefixes, and other conventions apply automatically. An API key from the config file or OPENAI_API_KEY also works; secret storage takes precedence.

Settings

Setting	Description
`gitBot.model`	Model to use (default: config file value or `gpt-4o-mini`)
`gitBot.baseUrl`	Optional OpenAI-compatible endpoint
`gitBot.temperature`	Sampling temperature, 0–2 (−1 = use config file value)

Commit and branch conventions (allowed types/prefixes, format, length limits) are configured via ~/.config/git-bot/config.toml — see the git-bot README.

Development

From the repository root:

npm install
cd extension
npm install
npm run build       # bundle to dist/extension.js
npm run typecheck

Then open the repository in VS Code and press F5 (launch config "Run Extension") to start an Extension Development Host.

Package for the marketplace:

npm run package     # produces git-bot-<version>.vsix

License

MIT

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