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lionkor 2 days ago  [ - ]

Do you have examples of these commit messages? I have yet to see an AI write a good commit message. At least when compared to good commit messages -- if it just does better than "wip" or "fix stuff" that's not a high bar.

CraigJPerry a day ago  [ - ]

My skills/domain/git.md looks like this:

    Context: You are working with Git repositories.
    - Commit messages follow Conventional Commits: type(scope): description
    - Types: feat, fix, docs, refactor, test, chore, ci, perf
    - Subject line max 72 chars, imperative mood, no trailing period
    - Reference issue numbers when relevant
So it produces messages like:

    $ git diff HEAD~1 | bin/ai-commit-msg
    fix(guards): pass input to claude and tighten verdict handling
lionkor a day ago  [ - ]

My issue with this kind of message is that it doesn't convey intent well enough. This kind of commit message will always be like "remove check from handleUser" instead of "fix authorization in xyz case". But I assume these are different schools of commits -- I prefer commits which convey WHY, not WHAT, much like source code comments.