skills/89jobrien/steve/git-workflow

git-workflow

SKILL.md

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

  1. Clear title following conventional format
  2. Summary explaining WHAT and WHY
  3. Specific test plan
  4. Breaking changes documented
  5. Screenshots for UI changes
  6. 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
Weekly Installs
14
Repository
89jobrien/steve
GitHub Stars
4
First Seen
Jan 24, 2026
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