Has anyone tried git-ai?

[Dezső Biczó]

Hi everyone,

I recently came across git-ai and it looks like a promising approach to tracking AI-generated code, especially around compliance and IP considerations.

Before diving in on my own, I wanted to ask:

• Has anyone here already experimented with git-ai in a real project?
• If so, how was your experience in terms of setup and day-to-day use?
• Are there any unofficial guides, playbooks, or best practices for getting started? I wasn’t able to find much beyond the basic materials.

I’m particularly interested in how teams are integrating it into existing workflows and whether there are any pitfalls to watch out for early on.

Thanks in advance for any insights or pointers.

[Dezső Biczó]

I wouldn’t expect this to work out of the box. In Gerrit, the primary identity is the Change-Id rather than the individual commit. Multiple commits sharing the same Change-Id are treated as patch sets of a single change, so review data (such as comments or notes) is associated with the change and evolves across patch sets.

Because of that, any migration would need to account for this model. Notes shouldn’t just follow individual commits, but rather be mapped across patch sets that belong to the same Change-Id.

[Daniele Sassoli]

On Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at 12:08:38 UTC+1 mxr...@gmail.com wrote:

I wouldn’t expect this to work out of the box. In Gerrit, the primary identity is the Change-Id rather than the individual commit. Multiple commits sharing the same Change-Id are treated as patch sets of a single change, so review data (such as comments or notes) is associated with the change and evolves across patch sets.

Because of that, any migration would need to account for this model. Notes shouldn’t just follow individual commits, but rather be mapped across patch sets that belong to the same Change-Id.

It will be interesting to see if they'll switch to use something like https://git-meta.com/, or stick with git-notes.

On Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 12:32:54 PM UTC+2 Dezső Biczó wrote:

Hi everyone,

I recently came across git-ai and it looks like a promising approach to tracking AI-generated code, especially around compliance and IP considerations.

I hadn't heard of git-ai, thanks for sharing. 

[Dezső Biczó]

>  if they'll switch to use something like https://git-meta.com/

I have learn something new from this conversation! \o/ However, I assume this abstraction has the same mismatch with Gerrit's change ID concept like git notes (and therefore git-ai).

[Daniele Sassoli]

On Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at 12:33:38 UTC+1 mxr...@gmail.com wrote:

>  if they'll switch to use something like https://git-meta.com/


I have learn something new from this conversation! \o/ However, I assume this abstraction has the same mismatch with Gerrit's change ID concept like git notes (and therefore git-ai).

I believe so, yes. However, the guys behind git-meta are the same guys behind git butler, so I'm hoping that eventually they'll add the concept of change-id, or someone will in general.