refactor: add error handling and refactor git utilities

- Enhance error checking in all commands using git.Run
- Refactor git helper to return errors properly
- Fix README.md filename typo
- Update .gitignore with additional ignores
- Add fallback for config home dir
- Improve request handling in grok client

.gitignore

@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ build/
 grokkit
 *.bak
 *.log
-*.tmp
+*.tmp
+.env
+coverage.out
+coverage.html

cmd/commit.go

@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ var commitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "commit",
 	Short: "Generate message and commit staged changes",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		diff := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--cached", "--no-color"})
+		diff, err := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--cached", "--no-color"})
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to get staged changes: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
 		if diff == "" {
 			color.Yellow("No staged changes!")
 			return

cmd/commitmsg.go

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ var commitMsgCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "commit-msg",
 	Short: "Generate conventional commit message from staged changes",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		diff := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--cached", "--no-color"})
+		diff, err := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--cached", "--no-color"})
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to get staged changes: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
 		if diff == "" {
 			color.Yellow("No staged changes!")
 			return

cmd/edit.go

@@ -28,11 +28,18 @@ var editCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		original, _ := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+		original, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to read file: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		cleanedOriginal := removeLastModifiedComments(string(original))
 
 		backupPath := filePath + ".bak"
-		_ = os.WriteFile(backupPath, original, 0644)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(backupPath, original, 0644); err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to create backup: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 
 		client := grok.NewClient()
 		messages := []map[string]string{
@@ -57,7 +64,10 @@ var editCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return
 		}
 
-		_ = os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(newContent), 0644)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(newContent), 0644); err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to write file: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		color.Green("✅ Applied successfully! Backup: %s", backupPath)
 	},
 }

cmd/history.go

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ var historyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "history",
 	Short: "Summarize recent git history",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		log := git.Run([]string{"log", "--oneline", "-10"})
+		log, err := git.Run([]string{"log", "--oneline", "-10"})
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to get git log: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
 		if log == "" {
 			color.Yellow("No commits found.")
 			return

cmd/prdescribe.go

@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ var prDescribeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "pr-describe",
 	Short: "Generate full PR description from current branch",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		diff := git.Run([]string{"diff", "main..HEAD", "--no-color"})
+		diff, err := git.Run([]string{"diff", "main..HEAD", "--no-color"})
-		if diff == "" {
+		if err != nil || diff == "" {
-			diff = git.Run([]string{"diff", "origin/main..HEAD", "--no-color"})
+			diff, err = git.Run([]string{"diff", "origin/main..HEAD", "--no-color"})
+			if err != nil {
+				color.Red("Failed to get branch diff: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 		if diff == "" {
 			color.Yellow("No changes on this branch compared to main/origin/main.")

cmd/review.go

@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@ var reviewCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		model := config.GetModel(modelFlag)
 
 		client := grok.NewClient()
-		diff := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--no-color"})
+		diff, err := git.Run([]string{"diff", "--no-color"})
-		status := git.Run([]string{"status", "--short"})
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to get git diff: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		status, err := git.Run([]string{"status", "--short"})
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Red("Failed to get git status: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
 
 		messages := []map[string]string{
 			{"role": "system", "content": "You are an expert code reviewer. Give a concise summary + 3-5 actionable improvements."},

config/config.go

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func Load() {
-	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Fall back to current directory if home not found
+		home = "."
+	}
 	configPath := filepath.Join(home, ".config", "grokkit")
 
 	viper.SetConfigName("config")
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ func Load() {
 	viper.SetDefault("default_model", "grok-4")
 	viper.SetDefault("temperature", 0.7)
 
+	// Config file is optional, so we ignore read errors
 	_ = viper.ReadInConfig()
 }
 

internal/git/git.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package git
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func Run(args []string) (string, error) {
+	out, err := exec.Command("git", args...).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("git command failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	return string(out), nil
+}
+
+func IsRepo() bool {
+	_, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree").Output()
+	return err == nil
+}

internal/git/helper.go

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package git
-
-import "os/exec"
-
-func Run(args []string) string {
-	out, _ := exec.Command("git", args...).Output()
-	return string(out)
-}
-
-func IsRepo() bool {
-	_, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree").Output()
-	return err == nil
-}

internal/grok/client.go

@@ -49,8 +49,16 @@ func (c *Client) streamInternal(messages []map[string]string, model string, prin
 		"stream":      true,
 	}
 
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
+	body, err := json.Marshal(payload)
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red("Failed to marshal request: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red("Failed to create request: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.APIKey)
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")