Git Workflow Practices

What it does

This skill codifies recommended Git workflows: branching and naming conventions, conventional commits, strategies for maintaining linear history, pre-merge checks, and CI/CD best practices. It helps teams set up repeatable processes for branch hygiene, stacked PRs, and secure CI workflows.

When to use it

Use during repository setup, when designing branching strategies, creating CI/CD pipelines, authoring commit message standards, cleaning stale branches, or recovering lost commits. Also useful for onboarding engineering teams to consistent Git practices.

What's included

• Scripts: none bundled in the skill (has_scripts=false)
• References: includes a references/ folder with materials on branching strategies, conventional commits, trunk-based development, stacked changes, and Git internals.
• Instructions: quick reference tables for branch naming, conventional commit types, pre-merge checks, troubleshooting, common mistakes, and delegation patterns for automating hygiene tasks.

Compatible agents

Useful with developer-facing agents that can interact with git or GitHub (GitHub CLI-capable agents, CI/CD automation agents, or devops assistants).