Smart PR & AI Commits

AI Commit Messages

Zgit can generate meaningful commit messages from your staged changes.

1. Stage your changes (Ctrl+S)
2. Click Generate in the commit panel (or Ctrl+Shift+G)
3. The AI analyzes the diff and produces a Conventional Commits message
4. Edit or accept

Example output:

feat: Add encrypted API key storage

- Implements AES-256-GCM encryption for provider API keys
- Auto-generates encryption key on first use
- Adds ProviderStatus struct with masked key display

The prompt uses a Senior Dev persona to ensure production-quality output.

Smart PR Generation

Three-Dot Diff

The PR generator uses a three-dot diff (base...head) to show only commits unique to the head branch:

git merge-base base head   # find merge base
git diff base...head       # three-dot diff

This avoids including commits already on the base branch, producing a focused PR description.

PR Dialog

1. Navigate to the Pull Requests view
2. Click New PR (Ctrl+N)
3. Auto-detected branches:
   • Base: defaults to main/master
   • Head: defaults to currentBranch
4. Click Generate with AI (Ctrl+Shift+G) in the title row
5. Review auto-filled title and description
6. Toggle Draft PR if needed
7. Click Create PR

Prompt Structure

The AI receives:

You are a Senior Developer reviewing a pull request.

Base branch: {base}
Head branch: {head}

Git diff (base...head):
{diff}

Generate a PR title and description following Conventional Commits...

PR View

The Pull Requests page displays:

• Open PRs — Active with CI status indicators
• Merged PRs — Successfully merged
• Closed PRs — Declined or abandoned
• Each PR card shows title, description, branch labels, CI status, reviews

CLI

zgit pr create --base main --head feature-branch --generate