Git Workflow Guard

Purpose

Provide one project-specific governance source for commit quality, branch strategy, and required agent co-author metadata.

Superpowers Boundary

• Use superpowers for generic implementation and verification workflows.
• This skill only defines MailBot-specific git governance rules.

When to Use

• Before creating any commit for code, docs, config, or automation output.
• Before creating branches for feature, release, or hotfix work.
• During pre-merge validation to confirm branch and commit history compliance.

Scope

• Applies to all commits (human and agent-generated).
• Applies to branch activities involving main, develop, feature/*, release/*, and hotfix/*.

Rules

1) Commit Message (Angular / Conventional Commits)

• Header format: type(scope): subject.
• Allowed type: feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|test|chore|build|ci|perf|revert.
• subject starts with lowercase, uses imperative mood, avoids trailing period, and should stay concise (recommended <= 72 chars).
• Breaking changes must include BREAKING CHANGE: ... in body or footer.

Examples:

• Valid: feat(mail): add retry policy for smtp timeout
• Invalid: Update code
• Invalid: fix: bug.

2) Branching (Git Flow)

• Long-lived branches: main, develop.
• Feature branch naming: feature/<name>.
• Release branch naming: release/<version>.
• Hotfix branch naming: hotfix/<name-or-version>.
• Do not do regular development directly on main; create feature/* from develop.

Examples:

• Valid: feature/email-parser-refactor, release/1.4.0, hotfix/smtp-crash
• Invalid: bugfix/x, dev2, direct feature development on main

3) Agent Auto-commit Co-Author (Mandatory)

Agent-generated commits must include a matching footer from the fixed mapping below:

• codex -> Co-authored-by: Codex <codex@openai.com>
• copilot -> Co-authored-by: GitHub Copilot <copilot@github.com>
• opencode -> Co-authored-by: opencode-agent[bot] <opencode-agent[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Extension rule:

• Before allowing a new agent to auto-commit, add its fixed agent -> Co-authored-by mapping in this skill.

4) Pre-commit Checklist

• Branch name compliant with Git Flow naming.
• Commit message matches Angular format and rules.
• Agent auto-commit contains required Co-authored-by footer.

Deliverables

• Compliance decision for current commit request (pass or fail).
• If failed: concrete non-compliance list and a fix template for message/branch/footer.

Fix template:

1. Message: type(scope): subject
2. Branch: feature/<name> or release/<version> or hotfix/<name-or-version>
3. Footer (agent only): Co-authored-by: <Agent Name> <agent@email>

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