Git Commit Skill

Workflow

Step 1: Review changes

Run both commands to get the full picture:

git status --short
git diff --cached --name-status

git status --short shows unstaged modifications and untracked files. git diff --cached catches files that are already staged but not yet committed. Use the union of both outputs.

If both commands return empty, report "nothing to commit" and stop.

Classify each change:

• M — modified, ?? — untracked, D — deleted, R — renamed, A — staged new file