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git-atomic-commit

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Plan and create atomic Git commits for larger workspace changes. Use when Codex executes a multi-step plan, prepares commits, splits staged changes, or reviews whether each commit is independently coherent and buildable.

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Git Atomic Commit

Use this skill when a task produces multiple logical changes or when preparing commits after a larger plan.

Core Rule

Create small, atomic commits. Each commit should represent one coherent change and should be understandable, reviewable, and preferably buildable on its own.

Commit Splitting

  • Split unrelated changes into separate commits, even if they were implemented during the same plan.
  • Group code, tests, fixtures, config, and docs only when they directly support the same logical change.
  • Do not create a commit that depends on code introduced only by a later commit.
  • Put prerequisites before dependents: types/helpers first, callers next, integration or polish after.
  • Avoid one large "everything" commit when the work can be reviewed as independent steps.

Buildability

  • Prefer every commit to compile or build successfully.
  • If a commit introduces a new call site, include the required function, type, import, feature flag, and configuration in the same commit or an earlier commit.
  • If a temporary non-buildable commit is unavoidable, avoid leaving it in the final history; squash or reorder before presenting the result.
  • When validation is available, run the narrowest relevant build/test after each commit-sized unit or before committing that unit.

Workflow

  1. Inspect the working tree with git status --short and identify unrelated file groups.
  2. Review diffs with git diff and decide the intended commit sequence before staging.
  3. Stage only one logical unit at a time using pathspecs or interactive staging.
  4. Verify the staged diff with git diff --cached.
  5. Commit with a message that follows the workspace commit message convention.
  6. Repeat until all intended changes are committed, leaving unrelated user changes untouched.

Examples

Good split:

  • Commit A: feat(Config): 添加 alist2strm 配置结构
  • Commit B: feat(Alist2Strm): 实现 strm 生成流程
  • Commit C: test(Alist2Strm): 覆盖路径转换逻辑

Bad split:

  • Commit A calls build_strm_path() but does not define it.
  • Commit B defines build_strm_path() afterward.
  • Commit C mixes config parsing, runner refactor, README edits, and unrelated formatting.