feat: pre-populate commit dialog with heuristic message from git diff

Generate a commit message from modified files (e.g. "Update winter-2026"
or "Update 12 notes") and pre-fill the CommitDialog textarea so users can
commit immediately or edit the suggestion.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/utils/commitMessage.test.ts

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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { generateCommitMessage } from './commitMessage'
+import type { ModifiedFile } from '../types'
+
+function file(relativePath: string, status: ModifiedFile['status'] = 'modified'): ModifiedFile {
+  return { path: `/vault/${relativePath}`, relativePath, status }
+}
+
+describe('generateCommitMessage', () => {
+  it('returns empty string for no files', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([])).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('uses note title for a single modified file', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('winter-2026.md')])).toBe('Update winter-2026')
+  })
+
+  it('strips .md extension from the name', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('thoughts-on-testing.md')])).toBe('Update thoughts-on-testing')
+  })
+
+  it('uses basename for files in subdirectories', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('notes/deep/idea.md')])).toBe('Update idea')
+  })
+
+  it('lists 2 files comma-separated', () => {
+    const msg = generateCommitMessage([file('alpha.md'), file('beta.md')])
+    expect(msg).toBe('Update alpha, beta')
+  })
+
+  it('lists 3 files comma-separated', () => {
+    const msg = generateCommitMessage([
+      file('alpha.md'),
+      file('beta.md'),
+      file('gamma.md'),
+    ])
+    expect(msg).toBe('Update alpha, beta, gamma')
+  })
+
+  it('uses count for 4+ files', () => {
+    const msg = generateCommitMessage([
+      file('a.md'),
+      file('b.md'),
+      file('c.md'),
+      file('d.md'),
+    ])
+    expect(msg).toBe('Update 4 notes')
+  })
+
+  it('says "Add" for a single new/untracked file', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('new-idea.md', 'untracked')])).toBe('Add new-idea')
+  })
+
+  it('says "Add" for a single added file', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('new-idea.md', 'added')])).toBe('Add new-idea')
+  })
+
+  it('says "Delete" for a single deleted file', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('old-note.md', 'deleted')])).toBe('Delete old-note')
+  })
+
+  it('says "Rename" for a single renamed file', () => {
+    expect(generateCommitMessage([file('renamed.md', 'renamed')])).toBe('Rename renamed')
+  })
+
+  it('uses "Update" when statuses are mixed', () => {
+    const msg = generateCommitMessage([
+      file('alpha.md', 'modified'),
+      file('beta.md', 'untracked'),
+    ])
+    expect(msg).toBe('Update alpha, beta')
+  })
+})

src/utils/commitMessage.ts

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+import type { ModifiedFile } from '../types'
+
+const VERB_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
+  modified: 'Update',
+  added: 'Add',
+  untracked: 'Add',
+  deleted: 'Delete',
+  renamed: 'Rename',
+}
+
+const MAX_LISTED_FILES = 3
+
+function noteName(relativePath: string): string {
+  const basename = relativePath.split('/').pop() ?? relativePath
+  return basename.replace(/\.md$/, '')
+}
+
+function verb(files: ModifiedFile[]): string {
+  const statuses = new Set(files.map((f) => f.status))
+  if (statuses.size === 1) return VERB_MAP[files[0].status] ?? 'Update'
+  return 'Update'
+}
+
+/** Generate a heuristic commit message from modified files. */
+export function generateCommitMessage(files: ModifiedFile[]): string {
+  if (files.length === 0) return ''
+  const action = verb(files)
+  if (files.length <= MAX_LISTED_FILES) {
+    const names = files.map((f) => noteName(f.relativePath)).join(', ')
+    return `${action} ${names}`
+  }
+  return `${action} ${files.length} notes`
+}