Aider Config - Concise Git Commits

This Aider configuration optimizes for clean Git workflows with expertly crafted, concise commit messages. It disables auto-commits and attribution flags, uses diff edit format, and includes a custom commit message prompt that ensures imperative mood, 72-character limit compliance.

Configuration Settings

When Aider is invoked with this configuration:

1. **Edit Format**: Uses `diff` format for code changes (precise, reviewable edits)

2. **No Auto-Commits**: Changes are staged but not committed automatically (`auto-commits: false`)

3. **No Attribution**: Disables author/committer attribution flags for cleaner commit metadata

4. **Custom Commit Prompt**: Generates one-line commit messages in imperative mood, max 72 characters, no punctuation

How to Use

1. **Create `.aider.conf.yml` in your project root** with this configuration:

```yaml

attribute-author: false

attribute-committer: false

auto-commits: false

edit-format: diff

commit-prompt: |

You are an expert software engineer that generates concise, \

one-line Git commit messages based on the provided diffs.

Review the provided context and diffs which are about to be committed to a git repo.

Review the diffs carefully.

Generate a one-line commit message for those changes.

Ensure the commit message in imperative mood and does not exceed 72 characters.

Do not prepend any text to the commit message.

Do no need to end the commit message with period.

Reply only with the one-line commit message, without any additional text, explanations, \

or line breaks.

```

2. **Run Aider normally** - it will automatically detect and use this configuration file

3. **When committing**, Aider will generate a concise message following the prompt template

Commit Message Guidelines

The custom prompt enforces these best practices:

Example Output

```

Add user authentication middleware

Refactor database connection pool logic

Fix memory leak in event listener cleanup

Update dependencies to latest versions

```

Benefits

Notes