📚 DevChronicle

Track your code journey with smart AI-powered commit messages.

DevChronicle helps you auto-commit your code on file save, idle, and track your progress with intelligent commit messages generated by AI.

🎯 Features

• 🤖 AI-Powered Commit Messages - Uses Groq AI to generate meaningful commit messages
• 💾 Auto-commit on file save
• 🔄 Auto-commit on file switch
• ⚙️ Configurable file types (.js, .ts, .jsx, .tsx, .css, .scss, .html)
• ⏸️ Pause & resume auto-commits
• 📊 Shows commit stats (files & commits per session)
• ⚠️ Conflict detection before committing
• 🔒 Secure API key storage (encrypted by VS Code)

🚀 Installation

1. Open VSCode
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for DevChronicle and install it
4. Set up AI (Optional but Recommended):
   • Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
   • Run DevChronicle: Set Groq API Key
   • Get a FREE API key at console.groq.com/keys
   • Paste your key (it's encrypted and stored securely)

🤖 AI Commit Messages

Why Use AI?

Instead of generic messages like "update code", get meaningful ones like:

• feat(auth): add JWT token validation
• fix(ui): resolve button alignment issue
• refactor(api): optimize database queries

Getting Your Free API Key

1. Go to huggingface.co/settings/tokens
2. Click "New token"
3. Name it something like "DevChronicle"
4. Copy the token (starts with gsk_)
5. Run DevChronicle: Set Groq API Key in VS Code
6. Paste your token - it's stored securely! 🔒

Is It Really Free?

✅ YES! Hugging Face offers generous free tier:

• 1000+ requests per day
• No credit card required
• Community models are free forever

What If I Don't Want AI?

No problem! Just disable it:

• Go to Settings → Extensions → DevChronicle
• Uncheck "Use AI Commit Messages"
• Falls back to smart pattern-based messages

📖 Usage

• Auto-commit triggers:
  • On file save (and switch to another file)
  • Configurable idle time (2–5 min)
• Commands:
  • DevChronicle: Set Groq API Key - Configure AI
  • DevChronicle: Commit Now - Manual commit
  • DevChronicle: Pause Auto-Commit - Pause for 1 hour
  • DevChronicle: Resume Auto-Commit - Resume auto-commit
  • DevChronicle: Open Settings - Configure settings

Auto-commit will only run if the workspace is a git repository.

⚙️ Configuration

{
  "chronicle.useAICommitMessages": true,
  "chronicle.autoCommit": true,
  "chronicle.autoPush": true,
  "chronicle.idleMinutes": 2,
  "chronicle.fileExtensions": [".js", ".ts", ".jsx", ".tsx", ".css", ".scss", ".html"],
  "chronicle.showNotifications": true
}

🔒 Security & Privacy

Your API Key is Safe

• ✅ Encrypted by VS Code's secure storage
• ✅ Never stored in plain text
• ✅ Never committed to git
• ✅ Syncs securely with VS Code Settings Sync
• ✅ Same security as GitHub Copilot

Your Code Stays Private

• Only git diffs are sent to Hugging Face
• No files, no full code, just the changes
• Hugging Face doesn't store your code
• You can disable AI anytime

🛠️ Contributing

Open issues or PRs if you have ideas or find bugs!

📝 License

ISC

Made with ❤️ by Little Prince

Get smarter commits today! 🚀