# Commit

> Stage + commit changes in semantic + reviewablegroups. Use when user wants to commit changes, organize commits, or clean up a branch before pushing.

- Skill: `bjornmelin/commit` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add bjornmelin/commit`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/bjornmelin/commit/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: BjornMelin (https://skillmd.com/u/bjornmelin)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/bjornmelin/commit

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1. `git status --short` first; scope to files from current task or explicit user request.
2. Leave unrelated dirty files alone unless user explicitly asks for a whole-tree commit.
3. Mixed tree: inspect diffs before staging; keep staged set one semantic change.
4. Stage by purpose, not `git add .`, unless whole task one coherent change.
5. Default one scoped conventional commit when task cohesive. Split only for clearly separate semantic groups. Optimize for reviewability.
6. Multiple commits: prefer order `feat`, `fix`, `test`, `docs`, `refactor`, `chore`.
7. Short scoped conventional messages; match what changed.
8. Each commit minimal, reviewable, one change type.
9. Between groups: `git status -sb`; confirm next commit has only intended files.
10. Ask before staging unrelated user changes, unfamiliar generated churn, or ambiguous dirty tree that makes ownership ambiguous.