Commit - Smart Commit All Changes

Stages all changes and commits them to the current branch. Checks for files that should be ignored first.

Instructions

1. Check Current State

# What branch are we on?
git branch --show-current

# What's changed (including untracked)?
git status --short

2. Check for Files That Should Be Ignored

Before staging, look for files that probably shouldn't be committed:

Always ignore:

• •node_modules/ - Dependencies
• •.env, .env.local, .env.* - Secrets
• •*.log - Log files
• •.DS_Store - macOS junk
• •dist/, build/, out/ - Build outputs
• •*.pyc, __pycache__/, .venv/, venv/ - Python artifacts
• •coverage/, .nyc_output/ - Test coverage
• •*.sqlite, *.db - Local databases
• •Large binaries (>1MB compiled files)

Check the untracked files:

git status --porcelain | grep "^??" | cut -c4-

If any untracked files match ignore patterns:

1. •Show Pete what should be ignored
2. •Add them to .gitignore
3. •Then proceed with commit

3. Stage Everything (after gitignore is clean)

git add -A

4. Review What's Being Committed

# See the diff of staged changes
git diff --cached --stat

# Get detailed diff for commit message context
git diff --cached

5. Generate Commit Message

Based on the changes, generate a commit message following conventional commits:

• •feat: - New feature
• •fix: - Bug fix
• •docs: - Documentation only
• •refactor: - Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
• •chore: - Maintenance, dependencies, config
• •style: - Formatting, whitespace
• •test: - Adding or updating tests

Format: type(scope): short description

If multiple types of changes, use the most significant one or chore for mixed.

6. Commit

git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
<commit message here>

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
EOF
)"

7. Confirm

# Show the commit we just made
git log --oneline -1

# Show current status (should be clean)
git status --short

Report: "Committed to <branch>: <commit message>"

If you updated .gitignore, mention what was added.