GitX tool organizes AI-generated code changes into clean, logical Git commits

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A developer has released GitX, an open-source Git workflow tool designed to bring order to the messy working trees that AI coding agents like Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor often leave behind. After AI sessions that can touch dozens of files spanning features, bug fixes, tests, and documentation, GitX analyzes the changes and proposes how they should be grouped into separate, logically named commits before anything is written. The tool follows the Conventional Commits format and supports a broader workflow through commands covering branching, pull request creation, conflict resolution, and pre-commit checks. GitX is built with safety in mind, avoiding force-pushes, protecting existing branches, and flagging files that may contain secrets or credentials. It follows the portable SKILL.md Agent Skills format and can be installed via npx, with the creator actively seeking feedback on whether its commit-grouping logic matches how developers would organize changes themselves.

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