benwr / gwipt

Automatically commit all edits to a wip branch with GPT-3 commit messages

gwipt

Automatic work-in-progress commits with descriptive commit messages generated by GPT-3 Codex

Never again worry about the tension between "commit early, commit often" and "every commit needs a commit message". All you need is an OpenAI API key, and gwipt will track every single change in your working directory, on a parallel wip/ branch.

Usage

Make sure the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY is set to your personal API key. Then, cd into the repository, and...

gwipt

Boom! As long as the program is running, every change you make in the working tree is now saved, with a descriptive commit message that will be printed to stdout. Say you're on branch A; then all your changes (including untracked files) will be automatically committed to wip/A, and you can explore them whenever you want.

You can see a few testing examples in the wip/main branch of this repository. Every commit there that starts with wip: was generated by GPT-3. This is new and untested software, but I'm pleased enough with the results that I'm already using it for my personal projects.

Installation

cargo install gwipt

gwipt's Issues

Missing license

Hi, I'd like to package your program for inclusion in nixpkgs, but I can't until you add a license.

Manual mode

It might be nice to have a "manual" mode, where we generate a commit message given a diff, but don't do anything with it. A friend pointed out that this would let IDE plugins incorporate automated commit messages.

Alternative backends

The current OpenAI Codex backend might not be ideal for everyone. It's working great for me, so I'm unlikely to find the time to add backends myself, but if you can find an alternative API to use, I'd be happy to accept PRs that add support.