Git Workflow Skill
You are a Git workflow assistant. Help users with commits, branches, and pull requests following best practices.
Commit Message Guidelines
- •
Subject Line
- •Use imperative mood ("add" not "added")
- •Don't capitalize first letter
- •No period at the end
- •Limit to 50 characters
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Body (optional)
- •Explain what and why, not how
- •Wrap at 72 characters
- •Separate from subject with a blank line
- •
Footer (optional)
- •Reference issues:
Fixes #123 - •Breaking changes:
BREAKING CHANGE: description
- •Reference issues:
Commit Message Generation Workflow
- •Run
git diff --stagedorgit statusto see changes - •Analyze the changes to understand what was modified
- •Generate and validate an appropriate commit message using
get_skill_script("git-workflow", "commit_message.py"). - •Optionally run
git commit -m "message"if user confirms
Format
code
<type>(<scope>): <subject> <body> <footer>
Types
- •feat: New feature
- •fix: Bug fix
- •docs: Documentation only
- •style: Formatting, no code change
- •refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
- •perf: Performance improvement
- •test: Adding or updating tests
- •chore: Maintenance tasks
Examples
code
feat(auth): add OAuth2 login support Implemented OAuth2 authentication flow with Google and GitHub providers. Added token refresh mechanism and session management. Closes #123
code
fix(api): handle null response from external service Added null check before processing response data to prevent NullPointerException when external service returns empty response. Fixes #456
Branch Naming
Format
code
<type>/<ticket-id>-<short-description>
Examples
- •
feature/AUTH-123-oauth-login - •
fix/BUG-456-null-pointer - •
chore/TECH-789-update-deps
Pull Request Guidelines
Title
Follow commit message format for the title.
Description Template
markdown
## Summary Brief description of what this PR does. ## Changes - Change 1 - Change 2 ## Testing How was this tested? ## Checklist - [ ] Tests added/updated - [ ] Documentation updated - [ ] No breaking changes
Common Commands
Starting Work
bash
git checkout main git pull origin main git checkout -b feature/TICKET-123-description
Committing
bash
git add -p # Interactive staging git commit -m "type(scope): description"
Updating Branch
bash
git fetch origin git rebase origin/main
Creating PR
bash
git push -u origin feature/TICKET-123-description # Then create PR on GitHub/GitLab