whathaveidone

A terminal tool to summarize your Git commit history for daily standups, using AI (Gemini API).

Features

• Summarizes Git commit history for one or more projects
• Groups changes by day and topic
• Supports multiple repositories
• Customizable summary prompt (see prompt.txt)
• Copy summary to clipboard with one keypress

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust (for building)
• A Gemini API key

Build & Install

• cargo install whathaveidone

Usage

1. Set your Gemini API key:

   export GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key-here
   

2. Run the app in your commandline with whathaveidone or just whid. It will look relative from the folder you started the app.

3. Use the keyboard to navigate:

   • Arrow keys: Move between projects/commits
   • a: Show AI summary popup
   • c: Copy summary to clipboard
   • q: Quit

Customizing the AI Prompt

Edit the file prompt.txt to change how the summary is generated.
The default prompt includes instructions for grouping by day, topic, and handling ticket numbers.

Example from prompt.txt:

Overall summary: Summarize all changes in the Git history in short, concise bullet points by grouping similar changes and highlighting their main topics and functions.

- Breakdown by day: Provide a summary of the changes for each day in a single line, highlighting the most important changes and features.
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Publishing

To let others use your app, push your code to GitHub and share the repository.
Optionally, publish to crates.io for easy installation via cargo install.