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AI Commit Forge
Generate Conventional Commits messages from your Git changes using OpenAI (or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint).
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✨ Features
Generate commit messages from staged diffs (with unstaged fallback)
Conventional Commits format with intelligent type detection
Custom prompt template via ${gitContext} placeholder
Works with OpenAI-compatible baseUrl endpoints
Smart lockfile exclusion to reduce noise and token usage
Repository context support (branch name + recent commits)
Model selection via "Show Available OpenAI Models" command
🚀 Quick Start
Install AI Commit Forge from the VS Code Marketplace.
In VS Code Settings (ai-commit-forge), configure:
OPENAI_API_KEY (required)OPENAI_MODEL (default: gpt-4o)
Stage your changes (git add ...) or leave changes unstaged.
Open Source Control panel and click the AI Commit Forge button.
(Optional) Type additional context in the SCM input box before clicking — it will be included in the prompt.
Tips:
Use "Show Available OpenAI Models" command to browse and select available models
If your diff is too large, stage/commit in smaller chunks or set AI_COMMIT_MAX_DIFF_CHARS
Requires Node.js >= 16 and VS Code >= 1.77.0
⚙️ Configuration
All settings are under the ai-commit-forge namespace in VS Code Settings.
Setting
Required
Default
Description
OPENAI_API_KEY✅
—
Your OpenAI API key
OPENAI_MODEL—
gpt-4oModel used to generate messages
OPENAI_BASE_URL—
—
Custom base URL for OpenAI-compatible providers
OPENAI_TEMPERATURE—
0.7Randomness ($0$–$2$)
AI_COMMIT_PROMPT—
—
Custom prompt template (use ${gitContext} placeholder)
AI_COMMIT_INCLUDE_REPO_CONTEXT—
trueInclude branch name + recent commits in context
AI_COMMIT_EXCLUDE_LOCKFILES—
trueExclude common lockfiles from diff
AI_COMMIT_MAX_DIFF_CHARS—
0Max diff characters (0 = unlimited)
📜 Commands
Command
Description
AI Commit ForgeGenerate commit message from current changes
Show Available OpenAI ModelsBrowse and select available models from your API
📝 License
MIT
