Show HN: Claude Auto-Commit – AI-powered Git commit message generation
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Jun 13, 2025 21:45
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# Show HN: Claude Auto-Commit – AI-powered Git commit message generation ## Background Like many developers, I found myself typing "fix", "update", or "wip" more often than meaningful commit messages....
# Show HN: Claude Auto-Commit – AI-powered Git commit message generation ## Background Like many developers, I found myself typing "fix", "update", or "wip" more often than meaningful commit messages. After calculating I spend ~10 minutes/day on this (60 hours annually), I built a solution. ## What it does Claude Auto-Commit analyzes staged Git changes and generates contextual commit messages using Claude's AI. It understands code structure and change patterns to create conventional-commit-style messages. *Example:* ```bash git add . npx claude-auto-commit # Output: feat(auth): Add JWT token validation middleware - Implement token verification for protected routes - Add error handling for expired tokens ``` ## Technical approach v0.1.4 is a complete rewrite from Bash to Node.js ES modules using Claude Code SDK. *Key decisions:* 1. *Claude Code SDK*: More stable API, OAuth authentication 2. *Parallel processing*: Diff analysis + history parsing run concurrently 3. *Intelligent caching*: