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Tool git delta

Skill niksavis/basicly/.agents/skills/tool-git-delta

One-command harness distribution for coding agents — a versioned YAML catalog projected into agent instructions, skills, and deterministic git gates.

Install
npx -y skills add niksavis/basicly --skill tool-git-delta

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SKILL.md

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<!-- Generated by `basicly skills-build` from skill.yaml. Do not edit; edit the source. -->

tool-git-delta

When To Use

  • Improve readability of git patch review in terminal.
  • Present staged and unstaged diffs with syntax awareness.
  • Configure git pager output for ongoing review workflows.

Trusted Commands

git config --global core.pager delta
git config --global interactive.diffFilter 'delta --color-only'
git diff
git diff --staged
git show HEAD

Safe Defaults

  • Keep plain git fallback available for non-interactive logs.
  • Review both staged and unstaged diffs before commit.
  • Prefer local overrides before changing global defaults in shared environments.

Common Pitfalls

  • Package name may be git-delta while binary is delta.
  • Without core pager config, delta is not used automatically.
  • Styled output is for review, not machine parsing.

Output Interpretation

  • Diff semantics are still git patch semantics with enhanced rendering.
  • Side-by-side and line-number rendering help review speed.

Why It Matters For Agents

  • Makes code review output significantly easier to summarize and verify.
  • Improves human confidence in patch intent before merge.

Repo Conventions

  • Use delta to improve review quality, not to replace tests.
  • Preserve focused commits with minimal unrelated changes.

Trigger Examples

  • Should trigger: "Show me a readable diff of staged changes."
  • Should trigger: "Review this patch visually before commit."
  • Should not trigger: "Install missing Python dependencies."

What ships with it

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