Code Editing with Gemini CLI
Use Gemini CLI's AI-powered capabilities to edit, refactor, and improve your code with intelligent suggestions.
Basic Code Editing
Edit Code with Prompts
gemini "Add error handling to this function" < script.js
gemini "Optimize this code for performance" < app.py
gemini "Convert this to TypeScript" < component.js
Code Explanation
gemini "Explain what this code does" < complex-function.js
gemini "Add comments to explain this algorithm" < sort.py
Advanced Editing Features
Code Refactoring
gemini "Refactor this code to use modern ES6 features" < legacy.js
gemini "Extract reusable functions from this code" < monolith.py
Bug Fixing
gemini "Find and fix bugs in this code" < buggy-script.js
gemini "Why is this code not working as expected?" < broken.py
Best Practices
- • Be specific in your prompts
- • Review AI suggestions before applying
- • Test code changes thoroughly
- • Use version control to track changes