Git Workflow Skill

Expert guidance for git workflows, pull request best practices, branch management, and code review processes.

What This Skill Does

• Creates well-structured pull requests

• Establishes branch naming conventions

• Defines PR templates and checklists

• Reviews PR quality

• Manages merge strategies

• Handles rebasing and conflict resolution

When to Use

• Creating pull requests

• Establishing team git conventions

• Improving code review process

• Branch strategy decisions

• PR template creation

Reference Files

• references/PULL_REQUEST.template.md
• PR body templates for features, bugs, refactors

Branch Naming

<type>/<issue-number>-<short-description>

Types: feat , fix , refactor , docs , test , chore

PR Best Practices

• Clear title following conventional format

• Summary explaining WHAT and WHY

• Specific test plan

• Breaking changes documented

• Screenshots for UI changes

• Link to related issues

Merge Strategies

Strategy When to Use

Squash Feature branches, clean history

Merge Preserve commits, audit trail

Rebase Linear history, small changes