Using AI to Generate Informative Git Commit Messages - A Productivity Boost! - Reddthat
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Hey fellow programmers, I wanted to share a little experiment I’ve been conducting lately that has significantly improved my workflow. I’ve started using AI to generate my Git commit messages, and it’s been a game-changer! By feeding all the changes I’ve made into a language model with a large context window (LLM), the AI not only generates a concise commit title but also provides bullet points describing each of the changes in precise detail. The level of detail and informativeness it brings to my commit messages is incredible. I used to spend a considerable amount of time crafting commit messages that accurately captured the essence of the changes I made. Now, with the help of AI, I find myself copy-pasting its generated messages most of the time. It’s not just a time-saver; it also ensures that my commits are well-documented and easy to understand for my team members. If you haven’t explored using AI for your Git commits, I highly recommend giving it a try. It can significantly boost your productivity and help you maintain clean and informative version control history. Plus, it’s a fascinating intersection of AI and software development! Have you experimented with similar AI-powered tools for your programming tasks? I’d love to hear your experiences and any recommendations you might have. Let’s discuss the future of AI in programming in the comments!

It writes more informative commits than I could ever make so I’m just reading what it says and mostly copy/pasting completely most of the time, I write all of the changes I’ve made into an LLM with a large context window and it write a very detailed commit not just with a title but with bullet points describing each of the changes precisely

  • jeffhykin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Im shocked at all the negativity, this seems like an obvious good usecase to me, and I’m someone who finds most AI predictive stuff useless.

    I never take more than 3 sec on my commit messages, most of them are “fix bug”, “update lib”, “bump”. So it’s a pretty low bar for it to make better messages than mine.