gitmelt

A powerful CLI tool for generating single-file digests of repositories, perfect for feeding context to LLMs. Inspired by gitingest.

Installation

From Crates.io (Recommended)

cargo install gitmelt

From Source

git clone https://github.com/qustrolabe/gitmelt.git
cd gitmelt
cargo build --release
cargo install --path .

Usage

Basic Example

gitmelt -i '*.{rs,toml}'

Generates a digest.txt file containing all .rs and .toml files in the current directory and subdirectories.

Advanced Example

gitmelt -i '*.py' -e 'test_*' --preset markdown --output my_digest.md

Creates a Markdown-formatted digest excluding test files.

With Git URL

gitmelt https://github.com/user/repo.git --branch main -i '*.js' --stdout

Processes a remote repository in temp folder and outputs to stdout.

--help

Concatenates file contents into a single digest file

Usage: gitmelt [OPTIONS] [INPUT]

Arguments:
  [INPUT]  Path to traverse or Git URL [default: .]

Options:
      --branch <BRANCH>      Git branch to clone (if input is a git URL)
  -i, --include <INCLUDE>    Include patterns (glob)
  -e, --exclude <EXCLUDE>    Exclude patterns (glob)
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>      Output file path (default: digest.txt in current directory)
      --stdout               Print output to stdout instead of file
  -v, --verbose              Verbose logging (info level). Default is error only
      --preset <PRESET>      Output preset [default: default] [possible values: default, markdown, xml]
      --prologue <PROLOGUE>  Prologue mode (tree, list, off) [default: list] [possible values: list, tree, off]
      --dry                  Dry run (only token estimation)
      --no-tokens            Disable token counting
  -t, --timing               Show detailed timing information
  -h, --help                 Print help