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Git-do is a new tool that works with Git, the system used for tracking code changes. It uses artificial intelligence, or AI, to help developers write better messages when they save their code changes. These messages, called commit messages, are important for explaining what was changed and why. Git-do makes these messages more helpful and easier to understand.

Benefits

Git-do helps users create commit messages that are more complete and accurate. It can also explain what changes have been made in a commit or a series of commits. This makes it easier for teams to understand each other's work and for new people to get up to speed on a project.

Use Cases

Developers can usegit do committo have AI automatically write a commit message for their code changes and then save them. If a developer needs to understand a specific change or a group of changes, they can usegit do explain. The tool also offers an improvedgit statuscommand, calledgit do status, which gives a clearer picture of the changes made.

Additional Information

Git-do is an experimental project. It can be installed by compiling the Go code and adding the resulting program to your system's PATH. After installation, you rungit do initin your project to set up a configuration file. This file lets you customize things like the language for AI messages, which AI model to use, and the format for commit messages. Git-do can work with AI services that follow the OpenAI API standard, and you can manage your API keys in a special credentials file.