Release focused on local CLI provider flexibility, more resilient commit flows, and smoother release automation.

GitHub Copilot CLI Provider

aic now supports copilot as a first-class local CLI provider alongside claude-code and codex.

• Commit generation, staged reviews, PR drafting, log rewriting, setup, and model listing can all reuse an installed GitHub Copilot CLI.
• Local CLI-provider workflows no longer depend on configuring AIC_API_KEY when copilot is selected.
• Provider selection stays consistent with the existing aic command surface and setup flow.

Commit Workflow Hardening

The core commit flow is more forgiving when Git state or diff readability gets messy.

• aic now falls back to staged Git change metadata when every staged file is filtered out of the readable diff, which keeps commit drafting working for binary-only or asset-only changes.
• Push-aware flows now check whether the tracked branch is behind or diverged before creating a new commit, so sync problems are caught earlier.
• Sync failures, rejected pushes, and rebase issues now include AI-assisted Git recovery guidance while Git itself remains the source of truth for fetch, rebase, and conflict detection.

Release Automation

The post-release distribution pipeline is easier to reuse and easier to debug.

• The Homebrew tap updater and WinGet updater workflows are now reusable workflows that can still be run manually.
• WinGet submission keeps using the maintained winget-releaser GitHub Action while preserving tag-based reruns for existing releases.
• The workflow now validates the WINGET_CREATE_GITHUB_TOKEN shape and the expected winget-pkgs fork earlier, with clearer feedback about which GitHub user owns the token and whether the fork is writable.
• WinGet submission PR URLs are now published in the workflow summary and exposed as reusable-workflow outputs.

Install

macOS users can install with Homebrew:

brew install russmckendrick/tap/aicommit

Windows users can install with WinGet:

winget install --id RussMckendrick.Aicommit -e

Pre-built binaries are published for Linux, macOS, and Windows from GitHub Releases. The installed executable is aic.

Notes

• The package name remains aicommit; the public CLI command remains aic.
• The new copilot provider is intended for local GitHub Copilot CLI usage rather than direct API-key-based configuration.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/russmckendrick/aicommit/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8

Full Changelog: https://github.com/russmckendrick/aicommit/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8