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Bash script to ask Copilot to suggest Git commit messages based on staged changes
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eo pipefail
prompt=$(cat <<'EOF'
Suggest 3 one-liner & brief Git commit messages, each formatted EXACTLY as:
MESSAGE:Text of the commit message
Examples:
MESSAGE:First suggestion message
MESSAGE:Second suggestion message
MESSAGE:Third suggestion message
Only suggest commit messages that reflect staged changes. If there are no staged
changes then ask user to stage changes and do not suggest any commit messages.
EOF
)
mapfile suggestions < <(
copilot -p "$prompt" |
tee >(grep -F MESSAGE: | sed 's/MESSAGE: *//') \
>(grep -vF MESSAGE: >&2) \
>/dev/null
)
if [ "${#suggestions[@]}" -ne 3 ]; then
echo "Expected 3 suggestions, got ${#suggestions[@]}" >&2
exit 1
fi
n=1
for suggestion in "${suggestions[@]}"; do
echo -n "$n) $suggestion"
((n++))
done
printf 'q) Quit without committing
Select your preference (1/2/3/q): '
read selection
if [[ ! "$selection" =~ ^[1-3q]$ ]]; then
echo "Invalid selection: $selection" >&2
exit 1
fi
if [[ "$selection" == "q" ]]; then
exit 1
fi
selected=${suggestions[$(($selection - 1))]}
git commit -eam "$selected"
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