Savepoint Project
The Savepoint Project is a command-line tool designed to automatically commit code changes when tests pass, helping developers save progress after fixing errors. It monitors specified file types and runs a given command, such as a test suite, repeatedly. If the command succeeds, Savepoint creates a git commit, effectively creating a savepoint in the development process.
- ▪Savepoint is a tool that automatically commits code when tests pass.
- ▪It watches files of a specified filetype and runs a user-defined command.
- ▪The tool can be run with options like dry-run, clear screen, and quiet mode.
- ▪When tests fail, Savepoint continues monitoring without committing.
- ▪A demo shows Savepoint failing initially, then committing after the code is fixed.
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| Original publisher | Namtao |
| Canonical URL | https://www.namtao.com/savepoint/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 17 May 2026 01:26:49 -0500 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-17T06:33:59.083Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-17T06:33:59.083Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | None |
| Cluster logic | Not yet clustered, or no peer story found in the clustering window. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Savepoint Project Can't Beat the Boss? Load a Previous Save A command watcher that commits when you fix errors Feel free to poke around the code, I would love feature suggestions! Usage Usage: savepoint [OPTIONS] --filetype <filetype> [COMMAND]... Arguments: [COMMAND]... Command to run (use after -- if your shell requires it) Options: -f, --filetype <filetype> Filename extension to watch (eg rs, js, py, java) -d, --dryrun Don't run git commit when tests pass -c, --clear Clear screen between exections -q, --quiet Don't display test output -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version DEMO savepoint runs the test, and it fails: 🏁 SAVEPOINT: Running command...
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