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aif-commit

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Create conventional commit messages by analyzing staged changes. Generates semantic commit messages following the Conventional Commits specification. Use when user says "commit", "save changes", or "create commit".

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Conventional Commit Generator

Generate commit messages following the Conventional Commits specification.

Workflow

  1. Analyze Changes

    • Run git status to see staged files
    • Run git diff --cached to see staged changes
    • If nothing staged, show warning and suggest staging

  2. Determine Commit Type

    • feat: New feature
    • fix: Bug fix
    • docs: Documentation only
    • style: Code style (formatting, semicolons)
    • refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
    • perf: Performance improvement
    • test: Adding or modifying tests
    • build: Build system or dependencies
    • ci: CI configuration
    • chore: Maintenance tasks

  3. Identify Scope

    • From file paths (e.g., src/auth/ → auth)
    • From argument if provided
    • Optional - omit if changes span multiple areas

  4. Generate Message

    • Keep subject line under 72 characters
    • Use imperative mood ("add" not "added")
    • Don't capitalize first letter after type
    • No period at end of subject

Format

<type>(<scope>): <subject>

<body>

<footer>

Examples

Simple feature:

feat(auth): add password reset functionality

Bug fix with body:

fix(api): handle null response from payment gateway

The payment API can return null when the gateway times out.
Added null check and retry logic.

Fixes #123

Breaking change:

feat(api)!: change response format for user endpoint

BREAKING CHANGE: user endpoint now returns nested profile object

Behavior

When invoked:

  1. Check for staged changes
  2. Analyze the diff content
  3. Propose a commit message
  4. Ask for confirmation or modifications
  5. Execute git commit with the message
  6. After a successful commit, offer to push:
    • Show branch/ahead status: git status -sb
    • If the branch has no upstream, use: git push -u origin <branch>
    • Otherwise: git push
    • User choice:
      • Push now
      • Skip push

If argument provided (e.g., /aif-commit auth):

  • Use it as the scope
  • Or as context for the commit message

Important

  • Never commit secrets or credentials
  • Review large diffs carefully before committing
  • If staged changes contain unrelated work (e.g., a feature + a bugfix, or changes to independent modules), suggest splitting into separate commits:
    1. Show which files/hunks belong to which commit
    2. Ask for confirmation
    3. Unstage all: git reset HEAD
    4. Stage and commit each group separately using git add <files> + git commit
    5. Offer to push only after all commits are done
  • NEVER add Co-Authored-By or any other trailer attributing authorship to the AI. Commits must not contain AI co-author lines