f/git-rewrite-commits

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

1419 stars · 59 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A TypeScript CLI tool that uses AI (OpenAI GPT or local Ollama models) to rewrite git commit history with better, conventional commit messages. It supports git hooks integration, dry-run previews, automatic backups, and privacy features like secret redaction and fully local processing.

Use cases

• clean up messy commit history before open-sourcing a repo
• rewrite git commit messages with AI
• generate conventional commit messages automatically
• fix commit messages locally using Ollama without sending code to the cloud
• install a git hook that auto-generates commit messages
• preview history rewrites with a dry run before applying

When to choose

• you need to polish a personal project's history before making it public
• you want conventional-commit formatting across an entire branch's history
• you prefer local AI processing via Ollama for privacy-sensitive repos
• you want backups and dry-run safety when rewriting history

When to avoid

• on shared branches or after others have pulled commits, since rewriting changes hashes and requires force-push
• on team main/master branches without coordination
• in repositories where commit hashes are referenced elsewhere
• you only want to stage or lint new commits rather than rewrite history

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools version-control llm-inference workflow-automation developer-tools version-control large-language-models cli cross-platform git conventional-commits ollama openai git-hooks history-rewrite commit-messages npx command-line nodejs

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="f/git-rewrite-commits")