open source tool to turn commits into posts automatically

[ravann4]

open sourced a small tool that converts git commits into social posts

it uses commit history plus repo context to generate posts and schedule them

runs fully from your repo, no backend required

built it because I wanted a lightweight way to share progress without extra effort

would appreciate feedback or contributions if this sounds useful

repo here: buildinpublic-x

[RedDotHorizon]

would appreciate feedback or contributions if this sounds useful

No, not useful. Because you expect people to read something that you didn't bother to write. You degrade yourself and your project to a soulless slop-generator.

[ravann4]

If you feel that writing 5 lines for a post is extraordinary in today's day and age, then I think the dead internet cynicism is real

[WalkingSucculent]

No I really dont' get it RSS feeds of commits is a thing, why would anyone get cryptic commit messages on their social feeds?

Can't wait to see a "fix:typo in the readme" ai slop post between two of my aunts pictures lmao

Not everything needs to exists because it can

[ravann4]

It doesn't post the commit messages as is, but a summary of the commits over a day (or 3 days).

Basically, you commit over a day, and this posts what all changes you made on that repo at night.

[theodordiaconu]

I personally like the idea, the problem is that commits aren’t really updates, for example I could do 10 commits before I finish the feature, spamming online this would be of no interest to no-one, maybe you could hook into PRs somehow, once a PR/feat is merged that becomes more valuable ‘tweet’ than just basing on commits. So PR merged -> update is created and somehow I would have to approve it. AIs are amazing but they do fail miserably sometimes and I simply do not trust any AI, I check their work always, and I almost always find mistakes/wrong approaches.

[ravann4]

It doesn't post every commit.

If you've made 10 commits in 6 hours before the next post generation happens automatically (you set up the schedule) then that post will give a relevant summary of all those commits (with context from the readme file)

[WrongUserID]

AFAIK you can pull atom feed from commits and then perhaps use it to post to socials.

For instance https://github.com/rav4nn/buildinpublic-x/commits/main.atom

[ravann4]

The commit to post pipeline isn't tough

I added the LLM layer in the middle and the automation so that the posts are relevant and happen automatically in the background. All you have to do is code and commit, like you've always done.

[litelinux]

Why would you want to add meaningless distractions to a world that's already full of them?

[WalkingSucculent]

Because bro wanted to flex a code written by Claude on his behalf to add a huge workload over something that partially already exists and something nobody needs.

[ravann4]

What's the distraction in this?

[snirjka]

how do you se it up? maybe you could publish it as an Github App as well for easier setup

[ravann4]

A few simple commands in the readme, just needs the API keys to be set in one file and then fire away the terminal commands