AI-Assisted Git Diff Review with Interactive Hunk Staging (Magit-style)

Request:

Add support for an AI-powered diff review panel that lets users interactively review, query, and stage uncommitted changes — similar to how Magit works in Emacs.


Key Features:

  1. Chat Against Git Diffs Allow users to ask questions like:
  • “What changed in this commit?”
  • “Summarize all changes to auth.js”
  • “Any potential side effects here?”
  1. Inline AI Annotations in Diff View Show AI-generated summaries or intent above each hunk, similar to Magit’s section headers and commit summaries.
  2. Interactive Hunk Actions Add one-click buttons in the diff view:
  • :white_check_mark: “Stage hunk” → runs git add -p behind the scenes
  • :cross_mark: “Discard hunk”

Reference:

Magit in Emacs

Magit allows:

  • Keyboard-driven hunk-by-hunk staging
  • In-buffer summaries of changes
  • Commit previews with selective staging

This feature would bring similar power to Cursor, augmented with AI.


Why it matters:

Bridges AI code understanding with Git workflows. Enables a seamless, local review loop inside the IDE without needing external tools.