lazycommit for VS Code

Write cleaner commits at speed. lazycommit turns your staged diff into a ready-to-use commit message directly inside Source Control.

Built for humans and AI pair programmers: one click in SCM, high-signal commit text in seconds.

Install

• VS Code Marketplace: imxitiz.lazycommit-vscode
• Publisher page: imxitiz

Local VSIX install:

code --install-extension lazycommit-vscode-<version>.vsix

What You Get

• One-click commit message generation from staged Git changes.
• SCM-safe behavior: your existing input text stays intact if generation fails.
• Managed lazycommit CLI install/update flow.
• Sidebar quick settings for extension options.
• Global and project-local lazycommit config manager in the sidebar.
• Built-in bridge commands for config/settings/version-check and Git hooks.

Core Commands

• lazycommit: Generate Commit Message
• lazycommit: Install or Update Managed CLI
• lazycommit: Run Config Wizard
• lazycommit: Run Project Config Wizard (--local)
• lazycommit: Run Settings Wizard
• lazycommit: Check for CLI Updates
• lazycommit: Show Active CLI Version
• lazycommit: Install Git Hook
• lazycommit: Uninstall Git Hook
• lazycommit: Open Logs
• lazycommit: Open Extension Settings

Key Settings

All extension settings use the lazycommit.* namespace.

• Runtime: binary path, managed package, install manager, config write scope
• Generation: timeout, history flags, commit style, excludes, extra args
• Diagnostics: log level and open-on-error behavior

Defaults:

• lazycommit.generateTimeoutMs defaults to 60000.
• lazycommit.configWriteScope defaults to global.
• lazycommit.configWriteScope = auto also resolves to global user settings.

Build And Package

bun install
bun run build
bun run package

Publish Commands

# publish current version
bun run publish:vsce

# publish from an existing VSIX
bun run publish:vsce:vsix

# auto-increment + publish
bun run publish:vsce:patch
bun run publish:vsce:minor
bun run publish:vsce:major

Open VSX commands are also available (publish:openvsx, publish:openvsx:vsix).

Release workflow and maintainer notes: docs/release.md

Acknowledgements

This extension wraps the lazycommit CLI and stands on top of the core project work from:

• Original project: KartikLabhshetwar/lazycommit
• Active fork and CLI foundation: sachinthapa572/lazycommit

Maintainers

• Owner and Maintainer: Kshitiz Sharma (imxitiz)
• Maintainer: Sachin Thapa (sachinthapa572)

Support

• Issues: lazycommit-vscode-extension/issues
• Discussions: lazycommit-vscode-extension/discussions

License

GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE.md.