feat: change g a default behavior to --no-edit

- 'g a' now keeps original commit message by default (--no-edit)
- Added '--edit' flag to generate new AI commit message
- Simpler workflow for quick amendments
- Updated all documentation
- Bumped version to 0.6.5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.6.5] - 2025-10-20
+
+### 🔧 Command Behavior Updated
+- **`g a` (amend) default behavior changed**: Now keeps the original commit message by default (`--no-edit`)
+- **New `--edit` flag**: Use `g a --edit` to generate a new AI commit message
+- **Simpler workflow**: `g a` simply merges current changes into previous commit without editing the message
+
+### 📚 Documentation Updates
+- Updated all documentation to reflect the new amend behavior
+- Clarified that `g a` merges changes while keeping the original message
+
+---
+
 ## [0.6.4] - 2025-10-19
 
 ### 🔧 Command Aliases Fixed

QUICK_REFERENCE.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ g o    # Online - AI commit + push
 g ls   # List - Short commit history
 g ll   # Large List - Detailed commit history  
 g h    # History - Alias for list
-g a    # Amend - Smart amend with AI
+g a    # Amend - Merge changes into previous commit (keeps message)
 g u    # Undo - Undo last commit
 ```
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ g h          # Same as g ls
 ```bash
 g sg --multiple    # Get 3 AI suggestions
 g p               # Preview before committing
-g a               # Smart amend with new AI message
+g a               # Amend: merge changes to previous commit (keeps message)
+g a --edit        # Amend with new AI-generated message
 g sync --rebase   # Smart sync with rebase
 g stash           # Stash with AI description
 ```

README.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ g o    # AI commit + push
 | `g ls` | Commit history (short) |
 | `g ll` | Commit history (detailed) |
 | `g h` | Commit history (alias for ls) |
-| `g a` | Smart amend |
+| `g a` | Amend previous commit (keeps message) |
 
 ## 🤖 AI Models
 

bin/gims.js

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ program.command('help-quick').alias('q')
     console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g ls')}   List - Short commit history`);
     console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g ll')}   Large List - Detailed commit history`);
     console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g h')}    History - Alias for list`);
-    console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g a')}    Amend - Smart amend with AI`);
+    console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g a')}    Amend - Merge changes to previous commit (keeps message)`);
     console.log(`  ${color.cyan('g u')}    Undo - Undo last commit\n`);
     
     console.log(color.bold('Quick Setup:'));
@@ -701,8 +701,8 @@ program.command('stash')
   });
 
 program.command('amend').alias('a')
-  .description('Stage all changes and amend last commit')
+  .description('Stage all changes and amend last commit (keeps message)')
-  .option('--no-edit', 'Keep existing commit message')
+  .option('--edit', 'Generate new AI commit message')
   .action(async (cmdOptions) => {
     await ensureRepo();
     try {
@@ -721,10 +721,7 @@ program.command('amend').alias('a')
         return;
       }
 
-      if (cmdOptions.noEdit) {
+      if (cmdOptions.edit) {
-        await git.raw(['commit', '--amend', '--no-edit']);
-        Progress.success('Amended last commit with staged changes');
-      } else {
         // Generate new message for amend
         Progress.start('🤖 Generating updated commit message');
         const newMessage = await generateCommitMessage(rawDiff, getOpts());
@@ -732,6 +729,10 @@ program.command('amend').alias('a')
         
         await git.raw(['commit', '--amend', '-m', newMessage]);
         Progress.success(`Amended commit: "${newMessage}"`);
+      } else {
+        // Default: Keep existing message (--no-edit)
+        await git.raw(['commit', '--amend', '--no-edit']);
+        Progress.success('Amended last commit with staged changes (kept original message)');
       }
     } catch (e) {
       handleError('Amend error', e);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gims",
-  "version": "0.6.4",
+  "version": "0.6.5",
   "description": "Git Made Simple – AI‑powered git helper using Gemini / OpenAI",
   "author": "S41R4J",
   "license": "MIT",