Git Comment is a fast, secure, and provider-agnostic VS Code extension that automatically generates high-quality Git commit messages from your changes using state-of-the-art AI models.
✨ Features
One-Click Commit Generation: Click the sparkles (✨) icon in the Source Control view title to instantly generate commit messages.
Staged & Unstaged Fallback: Automatically reads staged changes, or falls back to unstaged working tree changes if nothing is staged.
Real-Time Streaming: Watch the commit message write itself character-by-character directly into your Source Control input box.
Interactive Settings GUI: Customize your settings using a beautiful dashboard. Configure active providers, model names, and prompt templates easily.
Secure Key Storage: Credentials and API keys are stored securely using VS Code's SecretStorage (never saved in plain-text configuration files).
Conventional Commits: Built-in support for the Conventional Commits specification (e.g. feat(auth): add google sign-in, fix(style): resolve form alignment).
Bring Your Own Key (BYOK): Supports multiple cloud and local providers out-of-the-box:
Google Gemini
OpenAI (or any OpenAI-compatible API)
Anthropic Claude
Groq
DeepSeek
OpenRouter
Ollama (Local LLMs)
🚀 How to Use
Modify Files: Edit any files in your workspace.
Open Source Control: Open the VS Code Source Control view (Ctrl + Shift + G).
Generate: Click the Sparkle (✨) button in the SCM title menu (or run Git Comment: Generate Commit Message from the Command Palette).
Enter API Key: On the first run, the extension will prompt you to enter the API Key for your active provider. It will be saved securely.
⚙️ Configuration
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and run Git Comment: Settings to open the interactive settings panel.
You can also search for git-comment in the standard VS Code settings to configure:
git-comment.provider: Active AI provider.
git-comment.useConventionalCommits: Enable or disable Conventional Commits structure.
git-comment.promptTemplate: Custom instructions for the AI generator.
<provider>.model: Custom model name for the selected provider.
<provider>.baseUrl: Custom endpoints (for Ollama or OpenAI-compatible APIs).
🔒 Security
Your API keys are saved securely in VS Code's credential store.
Your code diffs are only sent to your configured AI provider when you explicitly click the generate button.
