🚀 Git Commit Time Machine - Comprehensive Git history manipulation tool with AI-powered commit message generation. Change commit dates, edit content, manage sensitive data, and generate creative commit messages using OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and
🚀 Git Commit Time Machine v1.2.0 - Comprehensive Git history manipulation tool with AI-powered commit message generation. Change commit dates, edit content, manage sensitive data, and generate creative commit messages using OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Local AI models.
🎯 Version 1.2.0 Highlights:
# Install globally
npm install -g gctm
# Or install locally
npm install gctm
# Verify installation
gctm --version
# Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/ersinkoc/git-commit-time-machine.git
# Change to project directory
cd git-commit-time-machine
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Install globally
npm install -g .
# Download the latest release
wget https://github.com/ersinkoc/git-commit-time-machine/archive/refs/tags/latest.tar.gz
# Extract and install
tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
cd GitCommitTimeMachine-*
npm install -g .
For AI-powered commit messages, you'll need API keys:
# OpenAI (for GPT-5, GPT-4.1 models)
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
# Anthropic Claude (for Claude 4.5, Claude 4.1 models)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-anthropic-api-key"
# Google Gemini (for Gemini 2.5 models)
export GOOGLE_API_KEY="your-google-api-key"
# Local AI (via Ollama - requires installation)
# No API key needed, runs locally
# Redate commits within a specific date range
gctm redate --start "2023-01-01" --end "2023-01-30"
# Include backup
gctm redate --start "2023-01-01" --end "2023-01-30" --backup
# Interactive mode
gctm redate --interactive
# Edit a specific commit message
gctm edit-message --commit "a1b2c3d" --message "New commit message"
# Interactive mode
gctm edit-message --interactive
# Replace a specific pattern
gctm edit-content --commit "a1b2c3d" --pattern "API_KEY" --replacement "***HIDDEN***"
# Interactive mode
gctm edit-content --interactive
# Clean sensitive data
gctm sanitize --patterns "email,apiKeys" --replacement "***REDACTED***"
# Interactive mode
gctm sanitize --interactive
# Create backup
gctm backup create --description "Pre-operation backup"
# List backups
gctm backup list
# Restore backup
gctm backup restore <backupId>
# Delete backup
gctm backup delete <backupId>
# Generate AI commit messages (requires API key)
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"
# Basic AI generation
gctm ai-generate
# Generate in Turkish with humorous style
gctm ai-generate --language tr --style humorous
# Interactive selection and application
gctm ai-generate --interactive
# Generate with additional context
gctm ai-generate --context "Fixed critical authentication bug"
# Improve existing commit message
gctm ai-generate --current-message "fix bug" --style descriptive
# Show current AI configuration
gctm ai-config --show
# Set API key and provider
gctm ai-config --api-key "your-key" --provider openai
# Configure default language and style
gctm ai-config --language tr --style humorous
# Test AI connection
gctm ai-config --test
# Set model and creativity level (2025 models)
gctm ai-config --model gpt-5-main --temperature 0.8
AI Providers Supported:
Languages Available:
Commit Message Styles:
const { GitCommitTimeMachine } = require('./src/index.js');
const gctm = new GitCommitTimeMachine();
// Redate commits
await gctm.redateCommits({
startDate: '2023-01-01',
endDate: '2023-01-30',
createBackup: true,
preserveOrder: true,
filter: (commit) => commit.author === 'john.doe@example.com'
});
// Edit content
await gctm.editCommitContent({
commitId: 'a1b2c3d',
replacements: [
{ pattern: /API_KEY=.*/g, replacement: 'API_KEY=***REDACTED***' }
],
createBackup: true
});
// Sanitize history
await gctm.sanitizeHistory({
patterns: [
/\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z|a-z]{2,}\b/g, // Email
/([A-Z_]+_?(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASS|API_KEY|SECRET_KEY)=)([^\s\n]+)/g // API keys
],
replacement: '***HIDDEN***',
createBackup: true
});
// Initialize AI assistant
await gctm.initializeAI();
// Generate AI commit message
const aiResult = await gctm.generateAICommitMessage({
language: 'tr',
style: 'humorous',
context: 'Fixed critical bug in authentication system'
});
if (aiResult.success) {
console.log('AI Suggestions:', aiResult.suggestions);
// Apply the first suggestion
await gctm.applyAICommitMessage(aiResult.suggestions[0], true);
}
// Update AI configuration
await gctm.updateAIConfig({
apiKey: 'your-api-key',
provider: 'openai',
model: 'gpt-4',
language: 'en',
style: 'conventional'
});
redateCommits(options): Redates commit timestampseditCommitMessage(options): Edits commit messageeditCommitContent(options): Edits commit contentsanitizeHistory(options): Sanitizes repository historylistBackups(): Lists available backupsrestoreBackup(backupId): Restores a backupredateCommits:
startDate: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)endDate: End date (YYYY-MM-DD)filter: Commit filtering functioncreateBackup: Create backuppreserveOrder: Preserve ordereditCommitMessage:
commitId: Commit ID to editnewMessage: New commit messagecreateBackup: Create backupeditCommitContent:
commitId: Commit ID to editreplacements: Array of replacement patternscreateBackup: Create backupconst gctm = new GitCommitTimeMachine();
// Hide API keys in .env file
const result = await gctm.contentEditor.hideApiKeys(
'./.env',
['API_KEY', 'SECRET_KEY', 'DATABASE_URL'],
'***HIDDEN***'
);
console.log(result);
const gctm = new GitCommitTimeMachine();
const commits = await gctm.gitProcessor.getCommits();
// Which days commits were made
const dayStats = gctm.dateManager.analyzeCommitDays(commits);
console.log(dayStats);
// Which hours commits were made
const hourStats = gctm.dateManager.analyzeCommitHours(commits);
console.log(hourStats);
const content = await fs.readFile('config.js', 'utf8');
const sensitiveData = gctm.contentEditor.detectSensitiveData(content);
console.log('Detected sensitive data:', sensitiveData);
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details
Q: How can I restore changed history?
A: Use gctm backup restore <backupId> to restore a previously created backup.
Q: Can this be used in shared repositories?
A: Yes, but be cautious. After making changes, you may need to git push --force to reflect changes to others.
Q: Which file formats can be edited? A: All text-based files (.js, .py, .json, .env, .md, etc.) can be edited.
Q: Where are backups stored?
A: Backups are stored in the .gctm-backups folder in the project directory.
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