diff --git a/coder.py b/coder.py
index 96c0a7cee..a26df4676 100755
--- a/coder.py
+++ b/coder.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ except FileNotFoundError:
 
 openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
 
-
 def find_index(list1, list2):
     for i in range(len(list1)):
         if list1[i : i + len(list2)] == list2:
@@ -154,6 +153,8 @@ class Coder:
         self.num_control_c = 0
 
         if self.check_for_local_edits():
+            self.commit(ask=True)
+
             # files changed, move cur messages back behind the files messages
             self.done_messages += self.cur_messages
             self.done_messages += [
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ class Coder:
             dict(role="user", content=prompts.files_content_gpt_edits),
             dict(role="assistant", content="Ok."),
         ]
-        self.commit(self.cur_messages)
+        self.commit(history=self.cur_messages)
         self.cur_messages = []
         return True
 
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ class Coder:
 
         return res
 
-    def commit(self, message_history, prefix=None, ask=False):
+    def commit(self, history=None, prefix=None, ask=False):
         repo_paths = set(
             git.Repo(fname, search_parent_directories=True).git_dir
             for fname in self.fnames
@@ -442,9 +443,9 @@ class Coder:
         #    self.console.print(f"[red]  {fname}")
 
         context = ""
-        if message_history:
+        if history:
             context += "# Context:\n"
-            for msg in message_history:
+            for msg in history:
                 context += msg["role"].upper() + ": " + msg["content"] + "\n"
 
         messages = [
@@ -452,7 +453,8 @@ class Coder:
             dict(role="user", content=context + diffs),
         ]
 
-        # self.show_messages(messages, "commit")
+        if history:
+            self.show_messages(messages, "commit")
 
         commit_message, interrupted = self.send(
             messages,
@@ -523,7 +525,7 @@ def main():
     pretty = args.pretty
 
     coder = Coder(use_gpt_4, fnames, pretty)
-    coder.commit("", ask=not args.commit)
+    coder.commit(ask=not args.commit, prefix="WIP: ")
 
     if args.apply:
         with open(args.apply, "r") as f: