whathaveidone - a git-based TUI for forgetful software developers
Note: A German translation can be found below
As a software developer, I keep running into the same problem: the next day, I often have no idea what I actually did just that morning. Maybe it’s just me – but I doubt I’m the only one who, when standup or timesheet time rolls around, suddenly has to play detective. Tickets, commits, calendars – everything gets combed through just to answer that one question: What did I actually do? All I want is to write code, not write reports.
The funny thing is: I’m already tracking my time – with GIT! So I built myself a little tool: whathaveidone. It shows you all your Git commits for any time period right in your terminal, whether for a single project or all at once. Written in Rust and powered by Ratatui for a slick TUI – fully keyboard-controlled and packed with options.
AI summary? Totally optional!
With a single keystroke, you get an AI summary of your commits (Google Gemini). But you don’t have to – if you prefer reading yourself, that’s cool too.
Some Examples & Use Cases
Quick Standup:
whathaveidone today --lang english
Shows all today’s commits and a snappy summary (choose English or German).
Weekly review for multiple projects:
You don't want to writewhathaveidone
all the time? You can just writewhid
.whid week --model gemini-2.0-pro
Switch the AI model for even better summaries.
Custom prompt for personalized reports:
whathaveidone --prompt myprompt.txt --from 2024-07-01 --to 2024-07-07
Use your own prompt templates and pick any date range.
Detailed view:
Hitd
in the commit view for a full "git log"-style overview.
For more examples, check the whathaveidone github repository
What’s next?
- Stats & analytics about your own commits
- Integration with Olama
- Even more default prompts
Feedback? Suggestions? Ideas?
Hit me up on Mastodon, Bluesky, GitHub
If you like the project, I’d also be super happy about a star on GitHub ⭐️
More info & installation: