Git commit
A collection of curated, useful, and safe skills for Autohand Code CLI Agent
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Execute git commit with conventional commit message analysis, intelligent staging, and message generation. Use when user asks to commit changes, create a git commit, or mentions "/commit". Supports: (1) Auto-detecting type and scope from changes, (2) Generating conventional commit messages from diff, (3) Interactive commit with optional type/scope/description overrides, (4) Intelligent file staging for logical grouping
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Git Commit with Conventional Commits
Overview
Create standardized, semantic git commits using the Conventional Commits specification. Analyze the actual diff to determine appropriate type, scope, and message.
Conventional Commit Format
<type>[optional scope]: <description>
[optional body]
[optional footer(s)]
Commit Types
| Type | Purpose |
|---|---|
feat | New feature |
fix | Bug fix |
docs | Documentation only |
style | Formatting/style (no logic) |
refactor | Code refactor (no feature/fix) |
perf | Performance improvement |
test | Add/update tests |
build | Build system/dependencies |
ci | CI/config changes |
chore | Maintenance/misc |
revert | Revert commit |
Breaking Changes
# Exclamation mark after type/scope
feat!: remove deprecated endpoint
# BREAKING CHANGE footer
feat: allow config to extend other configs
BREAKING CHANGE: `extends` key behavior changed
Workflow
1. Analyze Diff
# If files are staged, use staged diff
git diff --staged
# If nothing staged, use working tree diff
git diff
# Also check status
git status --porcelain
2. Stage Files (if needed)
If nothing is staged or you want to group changes differently:
# Stage specific files
git add path/to/file1 path/to/file2
# Stage by pattern
git add *.test.*
git add src/components/*
# Interactive staging
git add -p
Never commit secrets (.env, credentials.json, private keys).
3. Generate Commit Message
Analyze the diff to determine:
- Type: What kind of change is this?
- Scope: What area/module is affected?
- Description: One-line summary of what changed (present tense, imperative mood, <72 chars)
4. Execute Commit
# Single line
git commit -m "<type>[scope]: <description>"
# Multi-line with body/footer
git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
<type>[scope]: <description>
<optional body>
<optional footer>
EOF
)"
Best Practices
- One logical change per commit
- Present tense: "add" not "added"
- Imperative mood: "fix bug" not "fixes bug"
- Reference issues:
Closes #123,Refs #456 - Keep description under 72 characters
Git Safety Protocol
- NEVER update git config
- NEVER run destructive commands (--force, hard reset) without explicit request
- NEVER skip hooks (--no-verify) unless user asks
- NEVER force push to main/master
- If commit fails due to hooks, fix and create NEW commit (don't amend)
Gives 1 of the 12 instructions most pr commit review skills give
Counted across 888 of the 1,342 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-06
- use conventional commits formatin 123 of 888, across 110 files
- keep subject line under 72 charactershere, and in 60 of 888, across 46 files
- delete branches after mergein 50 of 888, across 37 files
- use imperative mood in subject linein 50 of 888, across 41 files
- use imperative mood in commit messagesin 45 of 888
- generate a conventional commit messagein 42 of 888
- make atomic commitsin 37 of 888, across 25 files
- run tests before committingin 36 of 888, across 24 files
- run project test suite to verify clean baselinein 35 of 888, across 7 files
- run detected project setup commandsin 34 of 888, across 6 files
- wrap commit body at 72 charactersin 32 of 888, across 25 files
- split unrelated changes into separate commitsin 32 of 888, across 27 files
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once.