Commit Watcher

Keep commits small and intentional. Commit Watcher watches your working tree, warns when you exceed your limits, and helps you partition changes into bite‑sized commits right inside VS Code.

Features

• Status bar meter: changed files/lines vs limits; choose progress, text, or both.
• Commit Buckets view: checkboxes, status badges, and paths; click a path to open the diff/file; “Select up to N” to grab a bucket quickly.
• One-click partition & push: stage, commit, and push the selected bucket (auto sets upstream on first push).
• AI commit messages: Copilot-based generation drops directly into the Commit Buckets message box.
• Reliable diffs: handles new/deleted/renamed files safely when opening Working Tree ↔ HEAD.

Requirements

• VS Code ^1.106.0
• Node.js 20+ and Git installed
• (Optional) GitHub Copilot extension for AI commit messages

Commands

• Commit Watcher: Partition Changes (commitWatcher.partitionChanges) – open Commit Buckets.
• Commit Watcher: Check Now (commitWatcher.checkNow) – refresh counts.

Extension settings (prefix: commitWatcher)

• maxFiles (number, default 10): file limit.
• maxLines (number, default 1000): line (add+del) limit.
• warnRatio (number, default 0.7): warning threshold fraction.
• autoCheckOnSave (boolean, default true): refresh after save.
• pollInterval (number, default 5): seconds between checks (0 disables).
• statusBarType (string, text | progress | both, default progress): status bar display.

How to use

1. Open the Source Control sidebar, select Commit Buckets (or click the status bar entry).
2. Select files (or use Select up to N); click a path to inspect the diff.
3. (Optional) Click AI to generate a commit message; edit as needed.
4. Click Commit bucket to stage, commit, and push the selection.

Integrate with husky

When using Husky you can add a guard in .husky/pre-commit:

#!/usr/bin/env sh
. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
npx commit-bloat-watcher --maxFiles 12 --maxLines 800 --quiet