gitm8 🤖

AI-powered Git workflow directly inside Visual Studio Code.

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✨ Why gitm8?

Stop switching between the terminal and VS Code.

gitm8 brings your entire Git workflow into the VS Code status bar with AI assistance.

✔ AI Commit Messages

✔ One-click Git Pipeline

✔ Interactive Branch Creation

✔ Smart Publish

✔ Secure API Key Storage

✔ Beautiful VS Code Integration

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🚀 Features

▶ One Click Pipeline

Run

git add
git commit
git push

with a single click.

Image: pipeline.png

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🤖 AI Commit Messages

Generate meaningful commit messages using your preferred AI model.

Supports

• OpenAI
• OpenRouter
• Ollama
• LM Studio
• Any OpenAI-compatible API

Image: commit.png

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🌿 Smart Branch Creation

Create branches interactively.

Choose:

• base branch
• branch name

without remembering Git commands.

Image: branch.png

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🚀 Publish

Publish current branch

Automatically

• push
• set upstream
• optionally create PR

Image: publish.png

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⚙ Configuration

Manage

• API Key
• Model
• Tone
• Pipeline

without leaving VS Code.

Image: config.png

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📦 Installation

1

Install CLI

npm install -g gitm8

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2

Install VS Code Extension

Marketplace

or

VSIX

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3

Configure API Key

Open

GitM8: Open Configuration

Done.

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⚡ Quick Start

Click

▶ Go

or

Ctrl+Shift+P
# gitm8 🤖

> AI-powered Git workflow directly inside Visual Studio Code.

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## ✨ Why gitm8?

Stop switching between the terminal and VS Code.

gitm8 brings your entire Git workflow into the VS Code status bar with AI assistance.

✔ AI Commit Messages

✔ One-click Git Pipeline

✔ Interactive Branch Creation

✔ Smart Publish

✔ Secure API Key Storage

✔ Beautiful VS Code Integration

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## 🎥 See it in action

> GIF showing the entire workflow

![Demo](https://github.com/tharanitharan305/gitmate/raw/HEAD/images/demo.gif)

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# 🚀 Features

## ▶ One Click Pipeline

Run

git add git commit git push

with a single click.

Image:
pipeline.png

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## 🤖 AI Commit Messages

Generate meaningful commit messages using your preferred AI model.

Supports

- OpenAI
- OpenRouter
- Ollama
- LM Studio
- Any OpenAI-compatible API

Image:
commit.png

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## 🌿 Smart Branch Creation

Create branches interactively.

Choose:

- base branch
- branch name

without remembering Git commands.

Image:
branch.png

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## 🚀 Publish

Publish current branch

Automatically

- push
- set upstream
- optionally create PR

Image:
publish.png

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## ⚙ Configuration

Manage

- API Key
- Model
- Tone
- Pipeline

without leaving VS Code.

Image:
config.png

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# 📷 Screenshots

Status Bar

![Status](https://github.com/tharanitharan305/gitmate/raw/HEAD/images/statusbar.png)

Configuration

![Config](https://github.com/tharanitharan305/gitmate/raw/HEAD/images/config.png)

Branch Creation

![Branch](https://github.com/tharanitharan305/gitmate/raw/HEAD/images/branch.png)

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# 📦 Installation

## 1

Install CLI

```bash
npm install -g gitm8

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2

Install VS Code Extension

Marketplace

or

VSIX

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3

Configure API Key

Open

GitM8: Open Configuration

Done.

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⚡ Quick Start

Click

▶ Go

or

Ctrl+Shift+P

GitM8: Run Pipeline

That's it.

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⚙ Settings

Setting	Description	Default
apiBaseUrl	AI endpoint	OpenAI
model	AI model	gpt-4o-mini
tone	Commit tone	concise
commitStyle	Commit format	conventional
pipelinePrecheck	Build before push	false
pipelineAutoPush	Push automatically	false

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⌨ Commands

Command	Description
Go	Full pipeline
Pull	Pull branch
Branch	Create branch
Publish	Push + PR
Config	Open settings

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🔒 Security

Your API key is stored securely using

VS Code SecretStorage.

No plaintext configuration files.

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Requirements

• VS Code 1.85+
• gitm8 CLI
• Git

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License

MIT GitM8: Run Pipeline

That's it.

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# ⚙ Settings

| Setting | Description | Default |
|----------|-------------|---------|
| apiBaseUrl | AI endpoint | OpenAI |
| model | AI model | gpt-4o-mini |
| tone | Commit tone | concise |
| commitStyle | Commit format | conventional |
| pipelinePrecheck | Build before push | false |
| pipelineAutoPush | Push automatically | false |

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# ⌨ Commands

| Command | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| Go | Full pipeline |
| Pull | Pull branch |
| Branch | Create branch |
| Publish | Push + PR |
| Config | Open settings |

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# 🔒 Security

Your API key is stored securely using

VS Code SecretStorage.

No plaintext configuration files.

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# Requirements

- VS Code 1.85+
- gitm8 CLI
- Git

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# License

MIT