Flatsonar

Commit

by Sonny Piers

Commit message editor

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v4.5

Support the creators

Flatsonar is just the shop window. The people below made Commit.

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About

Commit is an editor that helps you write better Git and Mercurial commit messages.

After installing make sure to launch the application and follow the instructions.

Commit will pop up automatically when you make a commit in one of your projects. To save your commit message, press the Commit button or the Ctrl+Return shortcut. To abort and dismiss Commit, press the Abort button or the Escape key.

Features:

  • Highlights overflow of the commit title
  • Smart body wrapping
  • Inserts a blank line between title and body
  • Spell checking
  • Comments are read-only and excluded from "Select All"
  • Displays project folder and branch in window header
  • Dark mode support
  • Keyboard navigation and shortcuts
  • Undo/Redo support
  • Emoji picker
  • Supports git commit, merge, tag --annotate, add --patch, rebase --interactive
  • Supports Mercurial commit
  • Auto capitalize the commit title
  • Welcome window with settings and instructions
  • Highlight syntax for Git, Mercurial and diffs

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.