cz commit should let you type / search for the type of change you are commiting. #1921

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1. snus-kin

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   on Apr 1, 2026
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3. ttw225 commented on Apr 2, 2026

   

   ttw225

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   Hi, here’s one solution that may help.

   You can enable use_shortcuts in your configuration, which lets you select options more quickly with shortcuts.

   Also, a bit of context that may be useful: Commitizen’s interactive prompts are built on top of tmbo/questionary.
   Based on your description, this seems more related to Questionary’s autocomplete prompt type.

   If you need to further customize the question types, you may want to use the Python class customization approach.
4. snus-kin commented on Apr 2, 2026

   

   snus-kin

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   Thanks, this is a bit of a start but doesn't work 100% amazingly. Might be useful for some other people though.

   from commitizen.cz.conventional_commits import ConventionalCommitsCz
   from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import CompleteStyle
   
   
   class CzCustomCz(ConventionalCommitsCz):
       def questions(self):
           questions = super().questions()
   
           for q in questions:
               if q.get("name") == "prefix":
                   q["type"] = "autocomplete"
                   if "choices" in q:
                       q["choices"] = [
                           c["name"] if isinstance(c, dict) else c for c in q["choices"]
                       ]
                   q["match_middle"] = True
                   q["ignore_case"] = True
                   q["complete_style"] = CompleteStyle.MULTI_COLUMN
                   q["complete_while_typing"] = True
                   break
   
           return questions
   
   
   discover_this = CzCustomCz

   I think what I really want is a fzf lookup in the types but maybe this is just a limitation of questionary.

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5. snus-kin

   closed this as completedon Apr 2, 2026