Git

Skill G1Joshi/Agent-Skills/skills/tools/git

A comprehensive skill catalog for AI agents

Install

npx -y skills add G1Joshi/Agent-Skills --skill git

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Git version control with branching, merging, and rebasing. Use for source control.

SKILL.md

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Git

Git is the foundation of modern software. In 2025, features like Sparse Checkout and Scalar (for monorepos) are becoming mainstream.

When to Use

Always: Use it for everything. Text files, config, code.
Bisect: Finding bugs by binary search.

Core Concepts

Graph

Commits form a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph).

Rebase vs Merge

Merge: Preserves history, creates bubbles.
Rebase: Rewrites history, linearizes.

Worktrees

Checkout multiple branches of the same repo in different folders simultaneously.

Best Practices (2025)

Do:

Use git switch / git restore: The modern alternatives to the overloaded git checkout.
Use git maintenance: Speed up fetch/clone in the background.
Sign Commits: Use SSH keys to sign commits (Commit Signing).

Don't:

Don't force push to shared branches: git push --force-with-lease is the safer alternative.

References

Git Documentation

Gives 0 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 charactersin 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

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use git for all text files
use git switch over git checkout
run git maintenance to speed up fetches
use scalar for monorepos

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