btw_tool_git_log: Tool: Git Log
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btw_tool_git_log

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Tool: Git Log

Description

This tool allows an LLM to run gert::git_log(), equivalent to ⁠git log⁠ in the terminal, and to see the commit history of a repository.

Usage

btw_tool_git_log(ref = "HEAD", max = 10, after = NULL, `_intent` = "")

Arguments

`ref`	Revision string with a branch/tag/commit value. Defaults to `"HEAD"`.
`max`	Maximum number of commits to retrieve. Defaults to 10.
`after`	Optional date or timestamp: only include commits after this date.
`_intent`	An optional string describing the intent of the tool use. When the tool is used by an LLM, the model will use this argument to explain why it called the tool.

Value

Returns a character table of commit history.

Examples


withr::with_tempdir({
  gert::git_init()
  gert::git_config_set("user.name", "R Example")
  gert::git_config_set("user.email", "ex@example.com")

  writeLines("hello, world", "hello.md")
  gert::git_add("hello.md")
  gert::git_commit("Initial commit")

  writeLines("hello, universe", "hello.md")
  gert::git_add("hello.md")
  gert::git_commit("Update hello.md")

  # What the LLM sees
  cat(btw_tool_git_log()@value)
})

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