I have this problem as well. My solution is to commit on a successful test. I still miss a few ("alright, now that foo is working let's get bar to work with it!

I have this problem as well. My solution is to commit on a successful test. I still miss a few ("alright, now that foo is working let's get bar to work with it!"), but my cadence is much improved for it. I also make an empty commit describing what the session's supposed to do, then amend it when done.