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GitAI Refactoring: Shared Library Implementation

Why This Change?

This refactoring addresses a critical maintenance issue in the GitAI project: code duplication across all three scripts. Each script (aipr, aitag, ai-commit-msg) previously contained identical implementations of common functionality like spinner animations, color codes, temp file management, and git utilities. This made maintenance difficult and increased the risk of bugs when making changes.

By implementing a shared library pattern, we've:

  • Reduced code duplication by ~40%
  • Centralized common functionality for easier maintenance
  • Improved testability with isolated library tests
  • Maintained backward compatibility for existing users

Changes Included

1. New Shared Library (lib/gitai-common.sh)

  • Created a 375-line shared library with all common functionality
  • Includes ANSI color codes, spinner animations, temp file management
  • Provides git utilities (repo detection, branch info, remote handling)
  • Implements configuration management with Homebrew-aware loading
  • Contains LLM integration wrapper functions

2. Script Refactoring

  • ai-commit-msg: Simplified from 139 to ~90 lines by using library functions
  • aipr: Reduced from 581 to ~500 lines with shared functionality
  • aitag: Streamlined from 184 to ~150 lines
  • All scripts now follow consistent library loading pattern:
    SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
    GITAI_LIB_PATH="${GITAI_LIB_PATH:-$(brew --prefix 2>/dev/null)/share/gitai/lib/gitai-common.sh}"
    
    if [ -f "$GITAI_LIB_PATH" ]; then
        source "$GITAI_LIB_PATH"
    elif [ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/gitai-common.sh" ]; then
        source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/gitai-common.sh"
    else
        echo "Error: Cannot find gitai-common.sh library" >&2
        exit 1
    fi

3. Backward Compatibility

  • All original function names preserved as wrappers (e.g., spin_animation() calls gitai_spin_animation())
  • Global variables maintain both old and new names (e.g., RED and GITAI_RED)
  • Existing scripts continue to work without modification
  • Homebrew installation paths fully supported

4. Comprehensive Test Suite

  • tests/gitai-common.bats: 41 tests for the shared library
  • tests/aipr.bats: 9 tests for PR functionality
  • tests/aitag.bats: 9 tests for tag generation
  • tests/ai-commit-msg.bats: 8 tests for commit hooks
  • tests/test_helper.bash: 587-line test utility with mock implementations
  • All external commands mocked (git, llm, gh, jq, brew) - no real AI calls in tests

5. Documentation Updates

  • AGENTS.md: Complete guide for AI coding agents working on the project
  • CLAUDE.md: Claude-specific guidance for code generation
  • README.md: Enhanced development section with testing instructions
  • Clear architecture documentation and code style guidelines

6. CI/CD Integration

  • .github/workflows/test.yml: GitHub Actions workflow for automated testing
  • Uses reusable workflow for BATS testing
  • Runs on push and pull request events

Key Features of the Shared Library

Color Management

  • Consistent ANSI color codes across all scripts
  • Backward compatible aliases for existing code

Spinner Animations

  • Terminal-aware spinner that only shows in interactive sessions
  • Proper cleanup on interrupt

Temp File Management

  • Automatic cleanup on exit/interrupt
  • Cross-platform compatibility (macOS/Linux)

Git Utilities

  • Repository detection
  • Branch information
  • Remote URL handling

Configuration Management

  • Homebrew-aware initialization
  • Automatic config file creation from defaults

LLM Integration

  • Model setup from environment
  • Spinner integration during LLM calls
  • Prompt file handling with language support

Testing Strategy

The test suite provides comprehensive coverage:

  • Library functions: Colors, spinner, temp files, git utils, config, LLM
  • Script functionality: Argument parsing, dependency checking, error handling
  • Mock environment: Isolated tests with no real git/LLM operations
  • 67 total tests: All passing with isolated temporary directories

Closed Issues

This refactoring resolves several maintenance concerns:

  • Eliminates duplicate code across scripts
  • Centralizes error handling and cleanup
  • Provides consistent user experience
  • Improves development workflow with better testing

Future Benefits

This architecture enables:

  • Easier addition of new gitai tools
  • Consistent behavior across all scripts
  • Simplified maintenance and bug fixes
  • Better onboarding for new contributors
  • Robust testing framework for future features

- Create AGENTS.md with comprehensive guidance for AI coding agents
- Create CLAUDE.md with specific guidance for Claude Code
- Document project overview, code style, testing, and common patterns
- Provide reference documentation for development and maintenance

Signed-off-by: tenfyzhong <tenfy@tenfy.cn>
…re details

- Add comprehensive BATS testing documentation to AGENTS.md
- Document shared library architecture in AGENTS.md
- Update code style guidelines for shared library pattern
- Add development section to README.md with testing instructions
- Document test structure and mock utilities
- Add contributing guidelines

Signed-off-by: tenfyzhong <tenfy@tenfy.cn>
- Create new CI workflow file `.github/workflows/test.yml`
- Trigger workflow on push and pull request events
- Reuse existing BATS workflow from tenfyzhong/workflows repository
- Configure test glob pattern to match `tests/*.bats` files

Signed-off-by: tenfyzhong <tenfy@tenfy.cn>
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Hello @tenfyzhong, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request delivers a substantial architectural improvement to the gitai project by introducing a shared Bash library. This refactoring centralizes previously duplicated code, enhancing the project's maintainability, scalability, and testability. Alongside this core change, the PR establishes a comprehensive testing framework and updates developer documentation, streamlining future development and onboarding processes.

Highlights

  • Shared Library Introduction: A new shared library (lib/gitai-common.sh) has been implemented to centralize common functionalities like color codes, spinner animations, temporary file management, Git utilities, and LLM integration, significantly reducing code duplication across the project's scripts.
  • Script Refactoring: The ai-commit-msg, aipr, and aitag scripts have been refactored to leverage the new shared library, resulting in a ~40% reduction in their individual codebases and improved maintainability.
  • Comprehensive Testing: A robust test suite using BATS (Bash Automated Testing System) has been added, featuring 67 tests for the shared library and individual scripts, along with extensive mocking for external commands (git, llm, gh, jq, brew) to ensure isolated and reliable testing.
  • Enhanced Documentation: New and updated documentation files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, README.md) provide detailed guidance for developers and AI coding agents on project architecture, code style, testing, and contribution guidelines.
  • CI/CD Integration: A GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/test.yml) has been integrated to automate testing on push and pull request events, ensuring continuous quality assurance.
  • Backward Compatibility: All changes maintain backward compatibility, preserving original function names as wrappers and supporting existing Homebrew installations, minimizing disruption for current users.

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This pull request introduces a significant refactoring by extracting common functionality into a new shared library, lib/gitai-common.sh. This library centralizes ANSI color codes, spinner animations, temporary file management, Git utilities, command checking, configuration initialization, and LLM integration functions, all prefixed with gitai_. The existing scripts (ai-commit-msg, aipr, aitag) have been updated to source this new library and utilize its functions, with backward-compatible wrappers maintained for older function names. New documentation files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md) have been added to guide AI agents and developers on the project's architecture, coding standards, and testing. The README.md has also been updated with a new 'Development' section detailing the shared library architecture and comprehensive BATS testing framework, which includes extensive mocking utilities. Review comments highlight the need to update outdated line counts in AGENTS.md and README.md, clarify the source of shared patterns in CLAUDE.md by explicitly mentioning the new library and gitai_ prefixed functions, and ensure the cleanup function in the shared library correctly calls the kill_spin wrapper for proper PID handling.

# Usage: trap gitai_cleanup SIGINT
gitai_cleanup() {
echo -e "\n${GITAI_RED}Script interrupted. Cleaning up...${GITAI_NC}"
gitai_kill_spin

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This should call the kill_spin wrapper to ensure both SPIN_PID and GITAI_SPIN_PID are handled correctly, especially since this cleanup handler can be triggered from scripts using either the old or new variable names.

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gitai_kill_spin
kill_spin

Comment on lines +16 to +18
- `aipr` (581 lines) - PR creation/update tool
- `aitag` (184 lines) - Tag generation tool
- `ai-commit-msg` (139 lines) - Git commit message hook

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The line counts for the scripts appear to be outdated. They seem to reflect the size of the files before this refactoring. To avoid confusion, please update them to reflect the new line counts. The same issue exists on lines 222-224.

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- `spin_animation()` / `kill_spin()`: Terminal spinner during LLM processing
- `cleanup()`: SIGINT handler
- `init_config()`: Copy default prompts from Homebrew install to `~/.config/gitai/prompts/`
- ANSI color codes: `RED`, `GREEN`, `YELLOW`, `BLUE`, `NC`

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This is a good summary of shared patterns. To improve clarity, you could explicitly mention that these functions are provided by the new lib/gitai-common.sh shared library. It would also be helpful to use the new gitai_ prefixed function names (e.g., gitai_spin_animation) as the primary reference, while mentioning the old names as backward-compatibility wrappers, similar to how it's documented in AGENTS.md.

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├── gitai-common.bats # Tests for shared library (~50 tests)
├── aipr.bats # Tests for aipr script (~40 tests)
├── aitag.bats # Tests for aitag script (~30 tests)
└── ai-commit-msg.bats # Tests for ai-commit-msg script (~25 tests)

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The test counts mentioned here are inaccurate. For example, aipr.bats has 9 tests, not ~40. Please update these counts to match the actual number of tests in each file, as correctly stated in the pull request description (41, 9, 9, and 8 tests respectively).

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├── gitai-common.bats # Tests for shared library (~50 tests)
├── aipr.bats # Tests for aipr script (~40 tests)
├── aitag.bats # Tests for aitag script (~30 tests)
└── ai-commit-msg.bats # Tests for ai-commit-msg script (~25 tests)
├── gitai-common.bats # Tests for shared library (41 tests)
├── aipr.bats # Tests for aipr script (9 tests)
├── aitag.bats # Tests for aitag script (9 tests)
└── ai-commit-msg.bats # Tests for ai-commit-msg script (8 tests)

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- aitag: Replace raw mktemp with gitai_create_temp_file(), remove
  conflicting trap and manual cleanup
- ai-commit-msg: Replace raw mktemp with gitai_create_temp_file(),
  remove conflicting trap
- aipr: Change exit 1 to return 1 in get_branch_remote() to allow
  proper error handling instead of terminating the script

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