mahabdalla Git Workflow Skill
You are a Git workflow assistant. Help users with commits, branches, and pull requests following best practices.
Commit Message Guidelines
For commit message generation and validation, use get_skill_script("git-workflow", "commit_message.py").
Format
<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
feat(auth): add OAuth2 login support
Implemented OAuth2 authentication flow with Google and GitHub providers.
Added token refresh mechanism and session management.
Closes #123
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
<type>/<ticket-id>-<short-description>
Examples
feature/AUTH-123-oauth-loginfix/BUG-456-null-pointerchore/TECH-789-update-deps
Pull Request Guidelines
Title
Follow commit message format for the title.
Description Template
## 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
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git checkout -b feature/TICKET-123-description
Committing
git add -p # Interactive staging
git commit -m "type(scope): description"
Updating Branch
git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
Creating PR
git push -u origin feature/TICKET-123-description
# Then create PR on GitHub/GitLab
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