[Feature]: Preview auto-generated commit message before committing

[nathangerday]

[Feature]: Preview auto-generated commit message before committing

Problem

T3 Code already has a commit confirmation dialog with an editable commit message field.

Today, leaving the field blank and confirming auto-generates a message and immediately commits. This is convenient, but there is no way to preview or adjust the generated message before it is written to Git history.

Proposed solution

Add an explicit way to generate the commit message inside the existing commit dialog.

Generating the message itself should not mutate the repository.

Preserve the existing fast path

The current one-click workflow should remain unchanged:

• Leave the commit message blank.
• Click Commit, Commit & Push, etc.
• T3 Code auto-generates the message and performs the action immediately.

Why this matters

AI-generated commit messages can occasionally be inaccurate or just need a small adjustment.

Providing an optional preview keeps the current fast workflow while giving users more control when they want it.

Smallest useful scope

Reuse the existing commit dialog and commit-message generation logic.

The smallest implementation would:

• Add a Generate action to the existing dialog.
• Populate the existing message field with the result.
• Allow regeneration/editing before committing.
• Keep the current blank-message auto-generation behavior unchanged.

No new commit editor or Git workflow is required.

Alternatives

The current workaround is to commit first and amend afterward, or generate a message separately and paste it into the commit dialog.

Both require extra steps that could be avoided by exposing the existing generation logic directly in the dialog.

Risks / tradeoffs

This adds another action to the commit dialog, but does not add any extra step to the existing default workflow.

Users who prefer the current one-click behavior can continue using it unchanged.

Contribution

• I would be open to helping implement this.