Git questions are easy to answer from stale memory or from a hosting provider's UI docs instead of Git itself. Use this skill to ground answers in the official Git documentation and return the closest authoritative command reference or book chapter instead of guessing flag behavior.

When to Use

Use this skill when the request is about:

Core Git commands and their exact flags: commit, branch, checkout, switch, restore, merge, rebase, reset, log, diff, push, pull, fetch, clone, tag, stash, cherry-pick, bisect, worktree, submodule, reflog, blame, remote
Git concepts: the object model (blobs, trees, commits, refs), the index/staging area, and the working tree
Revision syntax (HEAD~2, main..feature, @{upstream}) and the gitrevisions reference
Branching and merging strategies, rebase workflows, and conflict resolution
Git hooks, .gitignore, .gitattributes, and repository configuration
Submodules and worktrees for managing multiple checkouts or nested repositories
History rewriting: interactive rebase, filter-repo-style history surgery, and reflog recovery
Git internals: plumbing vs porcelain commands, packfiles, and the transfer protocols

Do not use this skill for:

git-docs

When to Use