Autocommit.nvim

A plugin designed to make committing a bit easier.

With this plugin, you can set fugitive to automatically write custom commits whenever you save, when you stop moving the cursor, or during a custom event.

Install

To install with Lazy.nvim:

{
    'AuLaSW/autocommit.nvim',
    dependecies = {
        -- whatever git handler you use, I use fugitive
        'tpope/vim-fugitive'
    },
    config = function (...)
        require('autocommit').setup()
    end
}

That will set up the work. You will need to create a keymapping such as the following that calls hook() from the require command:

vim.keymap.set(
    'n',
    '<Leader>ac',
    function (...)
        require('autocommit').hook()
    end
)

The hook() command takes no arguments and sets an autocommand that runs create_commit() during certain events.

Settings

The default settings are as follows:

require('autocommit').setup(
    {
        ---Should not be overwritten; an enum class used for
        ---commit.when
        ---@type table
        actions = {
            SAVE = 0,
            WAIT = 1,
            CUSTOM = 2, },
        ---@type table
        commit = {
            ---When to commit.
            ---@type Actions
            when = ACTIONS.SAVE,
            ---The header generated at each commit
            ---@type fun()
            ---@return string
            header = function ()
                return os.date('[Autocommit] - %c')
            end,
            ---The body generated at each commit
            body = function ()
                return 'This was an automatic commit generated by autocommit.nvim.'
            end,
        },
        ---List of events used in custom commit.when
        ---@type {string}
        events = {
            'BufWritePost'
        },
        ---Set up the autocommand to run on the buffer
        ---@type fun()
        hook = hook,
        ---@type fun()
        create_commit = create_commit,
    }
)

If you are not running fugitive, it is recommended that you overwrite create_commit() with your own function so that autocommit.nvim can interact with your git handler.

Roadmap

In the future, I would like to add support for more git handlers and have them be selectable within the options.