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Git AI is an open-source Git extension designed to track AI-generated code in repositories. It links AI-written lines to the agents, models and prompts that generated them. Using checkpoints and hooks, the tool tracks incremental code changes throughout development. Each checkpoint contains a diff between the current state and the previous one, marking lines as either human- or AI-authored. This approach provides more detailed attribution of AI contributions than simply counting lines of code at the time they’re added.
The extension uses an open standard based on git notes to track AI-generated code. As AI-generated code becomes more common in everyday development, maintaining accountability and understanding the original intent behind code becomes increasingly important. Both developers and AI agents can query archived sessions to retrieve the original context and design decisions. Given its potential value for accountability and maintainability in agentic workflows, we’ve moved Git AI to Trial.
Git AI is an open-source Git extension that tracks AI-generated code in your repositories, linking every AI-written line to the agent, model, and prompts that generated it. Git AI uses checkpoints and hooks to track incremental code changes between the start and end of a commit. Each checkpoint contains a diff between the current state and the previous checkpoint, marked as either AI or human authored. This approach is more accurate than those approaches focusing on tracking AI code authorship by counting lines of code at the moment of insertion.
Git AI uses an open standard for tracking AI-generated code with Git Notes. While the ecosystem of supported agents is still maturing, we believe Git AI is worth assessing for teams looking to maintain long-term accountability and maintainability in an agentic workflow. Both humans and AI agents can query the original intent and architectural decisions behind a specific block of code via the /ask skill, by referencing the archived agent session.
