explain-cli

Explain Git commits, PRs, and branch differences using Claude Code or Gemini CLI.

Install

# uv
uv tool install explain-cli
# uv (source)
uv tool install https://github.com/ccmdi/explain-cli.git
# pip
pip install explain-cli
# pip (source)
pip install https://github.com/ccmdi/explain-cli.git

Commands

# Explain commits
explain -C # Current commit
explain -C -s # Pick from recent commits# Explain PRs 
explain -P # Current PR
explain -P -s # Pick from all PRs# Compare branches
explain -D # Compare your current work vs master/main
explain -D feature..main # Compare two branches# Interactive selection
explain -D -s # Pick branches to compare
explain -D -f "*.py"# Only Python files
explain -C abc1234 -c # Copy to clipboard# Configuration
explain --config # Set AI provider & verbosity

Requirements

• git
• gh CLI (for PRs)
• gemini CLI or claude code