Git Investigation

Overview

Git is a distributed version control system that tracks code changes over time. This skill provides guidance for using git commands to investigate code history, identify when bugs were introduced, and track down specific changes during root cause analysis.

When to Use This Skill

Apply this skill when:

• Tracing when specific code was changed
• Finding who authored problematic code
• Identifying commits that introduced bugs
• Comparing code versions before/after incidents
• Searching commit messages for clues
• Binary searching for breaking commits (bisect)

Essential Git Commands for RCA

git log - View Commit History