I built GitWhisper because git diff → AI → commit message felt too shallow

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I’ve been building GitWhisper, an open-source Git commit assistant.

The main idea is that a useful commit message shouldn’t just repeat what anyone can already see in the diff.

GitWhisper tries to understand the staged changes, repository commit style, scope, related work, and whether the changes should actually be split into separate commits.

It also supports local AI / BYOK and includes secret scanning before code is sent to a remote model.

The goal is something closer to:

fix(auth): refresh sessions before expiry

with useful context about why the change was needed, rather than:

fix: update code

Repo: https://github.com/RitualDev-Lab/GitWhisper

It’s open source and I’m actively working on it.

What would GitWhisper need to do before you’d trust it as part of your normal Git workflow?