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+# Git Commit AI Environment Variables
+OLLAMA_MODEL=qwen2.5-coder:3b
+OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434
+OLLAMA_TIMEOUT=120
+OLLAMA_RETRIES=3
+COMMIT_MAX_LENGTH=80
+COMMIT_NUM_SUGGESTIONS=3
+COMMIT_CONVENTIONAL_BY_DEFAULT=false
+CACHE_ENABLED=true
+CACHE_DIRECTORY=.git-commit-ai/cache
+CACHE_TTL_HOURS=24
+OUTPUT_SHOW_DIFF=false
+OUTPUT_INTERACTIVE=false