Git Workflows

A comprehensive suite of git workflow skills for local repository operations.

Input Sanitization

• Branch names: alphanumeric, hyphens, underscores, forward slashes, and dots only — reject .., shell metacharacters, or null bytes
• Remote names: alphanumeric and hyphens only
• File paths for stash/diff: reject .. traversal, null bytes, and shell metacharacters

Available Skills

Sync & Remote Operations

| Skill | Purpose | Invoke | |-------|---------|--------| | /git-sync | Fetch and show remote changes | git sync, what's new upstream | | /git-pull | Pull with merge/rebase strategy | git pull, get latest | | /git-push | Push with upstream handling | git push, push changes |

Stash Management

| Skill | Purpose | Invoke | |-------|---------|--------| | /git-stash | Save/pop/list stashed changes | git stash, save my work |

Branch Operations

| Skill | Purpose | Invoke | |-------|---------|--------| | /git-branch | Create branches with naming conventions | git branch, new branch | | /git-switch | Switch branches safely | git switch, checkout branch | | /git-branches | List and visualize branch status | git branches, list branches | | /git-delete-branch | Delete local/remote with safety | delete branch, cleanup branch |

Integration & Merging

| Skill | Purpose | Invoke | |-------|---------|--------| | /git-merge-main | Merge main into feature branch | merge main, update from main | | /git-rebase | Rebase onto main with guidance | git rebase, rebase onto main | | /git-squash | Squash commits non-interactively | git squash, clean up commits |

Conflict & Recovery

| Skill | Purpose | Invoke | |-------|---------|--------| | /git-abort | Abort failed merge/rebase/cherry-pick | git abort, cancel merge | | /git-conflicts | Guided conflict resolution | git conflicts, fix conflicts |

Quick Reference

# Sync workflow
/git-sync              # See what's new
/git-pull              # Get changes
/git-push              # Push changes

# Branch workflow
/git-branch feat/xyz   # Create branch
/git-switch main       # Switch branch
/git-branches          # See all branches

# Integration
/git-merge-main        # Update from main
/git-rebase            # Rebase on main
/git-squash            # Clean up history

Gotchas

• Interactive rebase (git rebase -i) requires a TTY and fails in Claude Code — use git rebase (non-interactive) or git rebase --onto
• git checkout is ambiguous (branches vs files) — prefer git switch for branches, git restore for files
• Force-push (--force) to protected branches is rejected by most remotes — use --force-with-lease which fails if remote has new commits
• git stash doesn't stash untracked files — use git stash -u to include untracked
• git pull with diverged branches creates merge commits — use git pull --rebase or git pull --ff-only to avoid surprise merges
• git add . stages everything including .env files and secrets — always use git add <specific-files> or check git status first

Related Skills

• /commit - Create commits with conventional messages
• /commit-push-pr - Full commit, push, and PR workflow
• /gh-pr-* - GitHub PR operations