Get AI assistance for VCS commits

Generate commit messages

AI Assistant can send your diffs to the LLM (Large Language Model), which will generate a commit message describing your changes.

Press Alt+0 to open the Commit tool window.
Click Generate Commit Message with AI Assistant.
Edit the message if necessary.

Customize the commit message generation prompt

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Tools | AI Assistant | Prompt Library.
In the Built-In Actions section, select Commit Message Generation.
In the editor field on the right, specify the rules for commit message generation, like the required number of characters or a different language.
Click Apply.

Edit and improve commit messages

When you have already committed your changes, you can still edit your commit message. Use AI Assistant to help you analyze and better describe the committed changes.

Click in the bottom-left corner or press Alt+9 to open the version control tool window.
In the commits pane, right-click the commit you want to update and select Edit Commit Message in the context menu.
In the dialog that opens, click Improve Commit Message with AI Assistant.
AI Assistant analyzes the committed changes and generates an improved message.
Edit the new message if necessary and click OK to save the changes.
If the commit has already been pushed to the remote repository, press Ctrl+Shift+K to push the updated commit message as well.

Explain commits

AI Assistant can summarize the changes made in one or several commits.

Click in the bottom-left corner or press Alt+9 to open the version control tool window.
In the commits pane, select the commit or several commits you want to summarize, right-click them and select Explain Commit with AI Assistant in the context menu.
AI Assistant provides the summary of the selected commits.

Last modified: 24 April 2024