Thoughts on disclosing AI usage through commits

In general, I’m in favour of disclosing AI-generated or assisted code in commits. In recent months, I’ve been seeing more and more of them across various open source repositories, and it’s a good indicator to me on how the project was developed and is being maintained. I want to actively avoid using, relying on, or contributing to repositories that are AI-generated or heavily AI-assisted. Disclosing these tools, or at the very least mentioning they were used, in a commit message allows me to judge the work that was done. If the AI use is excessive, it’s a signal that any contributions I make would be insignificant to the overall project, or would be overrun by agents. It’s also a signal that the author might not care much for the project. For example, I look for documentation or guides that are maintained by the community and are open source, as they’re sometimes more useful than what’s packaged with a service or tool. If I come across a guide written by AI, I know to immediately…