Commit

Smart Git Commit

Absolute Credential Rules

NEVER violate these — no exceptions:

• NEVER run git config user.name or git config user.email — do not touch git identity settings
• NEVER use --author to inject any name or email
• NEVER add a Co-Authored-By: trailer to any commit message
• NEVER add Co-Authored-By: Claude, Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet, or any variant with noreply@anthropic.com
• NEVER include "Generated with Claude Code", "AI-generated", or any AI attribution in the commit message or body
• NEVER modify .git/config or any git credential file

The commit must use only the developer's own git credentials as already configured in their environment.

Pre-Commit Quality Checks: Before committing, verify build, tests, and linter pass (if commands exist in the project).

# Verify we're in a git repository
if ! git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Error: Not a git repository"
    exit 1
fi

# Early exit if nothing to commit
if git diff --cached --quiet && git diff --quiet; then
    echo "No changes to commit"
    exit 0
fi

echo "Changes detected:"
git status --short
git diff --cached --stat
git diff --stat

# Check for cached commit conventions
CACHE_FILE=".claude/cache/commit/conventions.json"

if [ -f "$CACHE_FILE" ]; then
    LAST_MODIFIED=$(stat -c %Y "$CACHE_FILE" 2>/dev/null || stat -f %m "$CACHE_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
    CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%s)
    AGE=$((CURRENT_TIME - LAST_MODIFIED))
    if [ $AGE -lt 604800 ]; then
        echo "Using cached commit conventions"
    fi
fi

# If nothing is staged, stage modified tracked files
if git diff --cached --quiet; then
    echo "No files staged. Staging modified files..."
    git add -u
fi

git diff --cached --name-status

# Detect commit type from file patterns (cheap grep, no file reads)
CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only)

if echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q "test"; then
    TYPE_HINT="test"
elif echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q "\.md$"; then
    TYPE_HINT="docs"
elif git diff --cached | grep -q "^+.*function\|^+.*class"; then
    TYPE_HINT="feat"
elif git diff --cached | grep -q "^+.*fix\|^+.*bug"; then
    TYPE_HINT="fix"
else
    TYPE_HINT="chore"
fi

# Extract scope from file path (e.g., src/auth/login.ts → auth)
SCOPE=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | head -1 | cut -d'/' -f2)

Based on the analysis, create a conventional commit message:

• Type: feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|test|chore (detected via grep patterns)
• Scope: component or area affected (extracted from file paths)
• Subject: clear description in present tense, ≤72 characters, imperative mood, no period

# Create the commit
# Example: git commit -m "fix(auth): resolve login timeout issue"

# Cache conventions for future commits
mkdir -p .claude/cache/commit
cat > .claude/cache/commit/conventions.json <<EOF
{
  "timestamp": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)",
  "common_scopes": ["$SCOPE"],
  "last_type": "$TYPE_HINT",
  "project_patterns": "analyzed"
}
EOF

The commit uses only your existing git user configuration. No AI attribution. No emoji.

Token Optimization

Expected range: 300–800 tokens (initial), 200–500 tokens (cache hit), 20–50 tokens (early exit)

Early exit: Exits before any analysis if no staged or unstaged changes — 95% savings.

Caching: Caches commit conventions (common scopes, preferred types) in .claude/cache/commit/conventions.json with a 7-day TTL. Invalidated when package.json changes.

Patterns used: Bash-based git operations instead of file reads; grep pattern detection for commit type; git diff scope limited to staged changes only; progressive disclosure (stat summary by default, full diff on --verbose).

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: manastalukdar
• Source: manastalukdar/ai-devstudio
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.