metadata
license: mit
language:
- en
pipeline_tag: text-classification
git-commits-sorter
Classify raw git commit messages into categories (bugfix, feature, chore, docs, refactor, etc.) using a hybrid ML pipeline: TF-IDF + metadata → SVM / RF / CatBoost.
Features
- Hybrid model — combines TF-IDF on the message text with numeric features (files changed, additions, deletions, test/doc/src counts) and categorical features (file extensions, directories)
- Multiple classifiers — LinearSVC, LogisticRegression, RandomForest, CatBoost, XGBoost
- CPU & GPU —
--gpuflag enables cuML / CatBoost GPU / XGBoost GPU automatically - Auto-labeled dataset — 83% of raw commits automatically labeled via conventional commit prefixes, gitmoji, and keyword heuristics
- Resumable scraping — GitHub commit scraper with exponential backoff, progress persistence, and connection error resilience
Pipeline
parser.py → GitHub API → commits.jsonl (resilient scraping)
build_dataset.py → commits.jsonl → dataset.jsonl (auto-label + feature extraction)
train.py → dataset.jsonl → model.joblib (train & save)
predict.py → model.joblib → label (inference CLI)
commitsorter.py → CommitClassifier class (library API)
Usage
CLI
# single prediction
python predict.py "fix broad phase crash" 3 45 12
# positional args: message [files_count] [additions] [deletions]
python predict.py "bump lodash to 2.1"
# batch via stdin
echo '{"text":"fix crash","files_count":2}
{"text":"add login page","files_count":5,"additions":200}' | python predict.py --stdin
Library
from commitsorter import CommitClassifier
clf = CommitClassifier("model.joblib")
label, scores = clf.sort("fix renderer crash", files_count=2, additions=10)
# → ("bugfix", [("bugfix", 0.77), ("chore", 0.11), ...])
results = clf.sort_batch([
{"text": "update dependencies", "files_count": 1},
{"text": "add user auth", "files_count": 5, "additions": 200},
])
Training
# single model (default: SVM)
python train.py svm
python train.py lr
python train.py rf
python train.py cb
python train.py xgb
# tournament — compare all models
python train.py --all
# GPU acceleration (requires cuML / CUDA)
python train.py svm --gpu
python train.py --all --gpu
Dataset features
Each training sample:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
text |
string | Commit message (prefix stripped) |
files_count |
int | Number of files changed |
additions |
int | Lines added |
deletions |
int | Lines deleted |
changed_tests |
int | Test files touched |
changed_docs |
int | Doc files touched |
changed_source |
int | Source files touched |
has_tests |
bool | Any file in a test directory |
has_docs |
bool | Any file in a docs directory |
extensions |
[string] | Unique file extensions |
directories |
[string] | Unique top-level directories |
label |
string | Target class |
Model: TF-IDF + metadata
commit message ──→ TF-IDF(10k unigrams+bigrams)
file metadata ──→ StandardScaler
extensions ──→ OneHotEncoder
directories ──→ OneHotEncoder
↓
ColumnTransformer
↓
LinearSVC / RF / CatBoost / XGBoost
Best result: LinearSVC at 79% accuracy on held-out test set.
Supported labels
| Label | Heuristics |
|---|---|
bugfix |
fix:, :bug:, "crash", "prevent" |
feature |
feat:, :sparkles:, "add", "implement" |
chore |
chore:, "bump", "update", "lint" |
docs |
docs:, file-only docs/, .md |
refactor |
refactor:, "cleanup", "remove", "rename" |
test |
test:, file-only spec/ or test/ |
build |
build:, "upgrade", dependency changes |
ci |
ci:, CI config changes |
perf |
perf:, "optimize" |
style |
style:, "format", "prettier" |
revert |
revert: |
Data scraping
# needs GITHUB_TOKEN in .env
python parser.py
Collects commits from configured repos into commits.jsonl. Resumes on interrupt via progress.json.