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Combines all git commits for a change into a single commit and pushes it to gerrit. Use when you push to gerrit.

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Fixup Git Commits and Push to Gerrit

Use git-fixup-push when you have multiple commits for a change and want to combine them into a single commit before pushing to gerrit. Changes to Impala are managed in gerrit, and each change is represented as a single git commit. Use git-fixup-push to meld multiple commits into a single commit that can be pushed to gerrit.

Deterministic Execution Contract

  • Run all commands from the repository root in a single shell session.
  • Use non-interactive commands only.
  • Treat any non-zero command exit code as a failure for the current step unless the step explicitly defines recovery behavior.
  • Do not use force operations (--force, --force-with-lease, hard reset).
  • Do not run git remote -v.
  • Ignore untracked files for staged/unstaged detection and for stashing decisions.

Canonical Checks

  • Staged changes exist: git diff --cached --quiet (exit code 1 means staged changes exist).
  • Unstaged tracked changes exist: git diff --quiet (exit code 1 means unstaged tracked changes exist).
  • Most recent commit message: git log -1 --pretty=%B.
  • Valid gerrit username regex: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$.
  • Remote URL checks:
    • Fetch URL: git remote get-url asf-gerrit
    • Push URL: git remote get-url --push asf-gerrit

Available Scripts

  • .agents/skills/git-fixup-push/scripts/fixup.sh - Script to combine multiple commits into a single commit. Run with the --help argument to see usage instructions. Run with the --dry-run argument to see the exact command that would be executed without actually running it. The script selects commits from the most recent IMPALA-<id> commit through HEAD. If that matching commit is already HEAD, the script exits without squashing.

Workflow

  • Step 1: Validate asf-gerrit remote and URLs.
    • Success condition: both effective URLs exactly match ssh://<username>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF.
    • Procedure:
      • Try git remote get-url asf-gerrit and git remote get-url --push asf-gerrit.
      • If remote does not exist, ask once for <username>.
      • Validate <username> against ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$.
      • If <username> is invalid, abort.
      • If remote does not exist and <username> is valid, run:
        • git remote add asf-gerrit ssh://<username>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF
      • If remote exists but URL mismatch is detected, ask once for <username>.
      • Validate <username> against ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$.
      • If <username> is invalid, abort.
      • If remote exists with URL mismatch and <username> is valid, run:
        • git remote set-url asf-gerrit ssh://<username>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF
        • git remote set-url --push asf-gerrit ssh://<username>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF
      • Re-run both URL checks. If either still mismatches, abort.
  • Step 2: Commit already-staged changes (pre-existing index state).
    • Run staged check.
    • If staged changes exist, run:
      • git commit -m "WIP: commit staged files"
    • If no staged changes, continue.
  • Step 3: Resolve unstaged tracked changes.
    • Run unstaged tracked check.
    • If no unstaged tracked changes, continue.
    • If unstaged tracked changes exist, ask user to choose exactly one action:
      • stage: run exactly git add -u
      • stash: run git stash push --keep-index -m "stashed by git-fixup-push skill". Record that a stash was created; Step 9 will pop it after a successful push.
    • If input is not exactly stage or stash, abort.
  • Step 4: Commit staged changes created by Step 3.
    • Run staged check again.
    • If staged changes exist, run:
      • git commit -m "WIP: commit staged files"
    • If no staged changes, continue.
  • Step 5: Squash commits for the current change.
    • Run: .agents/skills/git-fixup-push/scripts/fixup.sh
    • If this command exits non-zero, abort.
  • Step 6: Run critique with bounded retry policy.
    • Run from ${IMPALA_HOME} exactly:
      • ./bin/jenkins/critique-gerrit-review.py --dryrun
    • If critique passes, continue.
    • If critique fails on first attempt:
      • For each file and line number listed in the critique output, apply exactly the code-style fix described (for example: trim trailing whitespace, fix indentation, shorten lines to ≤90 characters). Do not make unrelated changes.
      • Commit fixes with:
        • git commit -m "fixed critique issues"
      • Restart workflow from Step 1 and allow exactly one additional critique attempt.
    • If critique fails on the second attempt, abort.
  • Step 7: Ensure Assisted-by: trailer is present on HEAD.
    • Check trailers with:
      • git log -1 --pretty=%B | git interpret-trailers --only-trailers --unfold
    • If an Assisted-by: trailer is already present, do nothing and continue.
    • If missing, ask user whether to add it.
    • If user approves, amend commit message using git interpret-trailers and add exactly:
      • Assisted-by: <model> (<agent-name>) where <model> is the name of the language model and <agent-name> is the name of the agent executing this skill.
    • Deterministic amend sequence:
      • tmp_msg="$(mktemp)"
      • git log -1 --pretty=%B | git interpret-trailers --if-exists=doNothing --trailer "Assisted-by: <model> (<agent-name>)" > "$tmp_msg"
      • git commit --amend -F "$tmp_msg"
      • rm -f "$tmp_msg"
    • Preserve Gerrit footer requirements:
      • Keep Change-Id: in the final trailer paragraph.
      • Keep trailer lines contiguous (no blank lines between trailer entries).
    • If user declines, continue.
    • If user input is invalid, abort.
  • Step 8: Push to Gerrit drafts.
    • Run exactly:
      • git push asf-gerrit HEAD:refs/drafts/master
    • If this command fails, abort and report the first actionable error.
  • Step 9: Pop stash if one was created in Step 3.
    • If Step 3 recorded that a stash was created, run:
      • git stash pop
    • If git stash pop exits non-zero, report the error and stop; do not abort silently (the push already succeeded).
    • If no stash was created in Step 3, skip this step.

Gotchas

  • Gerrit requires Change-Id: to be in the final footer paragraph of the commit message. Keep all trailer lines contiguous in that last paragraph (for example, Change-Id: and Assisted-by: should be adjacent, with no blank line between them).
  • Git may not have remote.<name>.pushurl explicitly set. In that case, git remote get-url --push <name> may still resolve via remote.<name>.url.
  • git stash push --keep-index stashes only unstaged tracked changes and preserves staged changes for the next commit step.
.\n- Remote URL checks:\n - Fetch URL: `git remote get-url asf-gerrit`\n - Push URL: `git remote get-url --push asf-gerrit`\n\n## Available Scripts\n\n- `.agents/skills/git-fixup-push/scripts/fixup.sh` - Script to combine multiple\n commits into a single commit.\n Run with the `--help` argument to see usage instructions. Run with the `--dry-run`\n argument to see the exact command that would be executed without actually running it.\n The script selects commits from the most recent `IMPALA-\u003cid>` commit through `HEAD`.\n If that matching commit is already `HEAD`, the script exits without squashing.\n\n## Workflow\n\n- [ ] Step 1: Validate `asf-gerrit` remote and URLs.\n - Success condition: both effective URLs exactly match\n `ssh://\u003cusername>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF`.\n - Procedure:\n - Try `git remote get-url asf-gerrit` and `git remote get-url --push asf-gerrit`.\n - If remote does not exist, ask once for `\u003cusername>`.\n - Validate `\u003cusername>` against `^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+ git-fixup-push — Agent Skill guide | OpenParable .\n - If `\u003cusername>` is invalid, abort.\n - If remote does not exist and `\u003cusername>` is valid, run:\n - `git remote add asf-gerrit ssh://\u003cusername>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF`\n - If remote exists but URL mismatch is detected, ask once for `\u003cusername>`.\n - Validate `\u003cusername>` against `^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+ git-fixup-push — Agent Skill guide | OpenParable .\n - If `\u003cusername>` is invalid, abort.\n - If remote exists with URL mismatch and `\u003cusername>` is valid, run:\n - `git remote set-url asf-gerrit ssh://\u003cusername>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF`\n - `git remote set-url --push asf-gerrit ssh://\u003cusername>@gerrit.cloudera.org:29418/Impala-ASF`\n - Re-run both URL checks. If either still mismatches, abort.\n- [ ] Step 2: Commit already-staged changes (pre-existing index state).\n - Run staged check.\n - If staged changes exist, run:\n - `git commit -m \"WIP: commit staged files\"`\n - If no staged changes, continue.\n- [ ] Step 3: Resolve unstaged tracked changes.\n - Run unstaged tracked check.\n - If no unstaged tracked changes, continue.\n - If unstaged tracked changes exist, ask user to choose exactly one action:\n - `stage`: run exactly `git add -u`\n - `stash`: run `git stash push --keep-index -m \"stashed by git-fixup-push skill\"`.\n Record that a stash was created; Step 9 will pop it after a successful push.\n - If input is not exactly `stage` or `stash`, abort.\n- [ ] Step 4: Commit staged changes created by Step 3.\n - Run staged check again.\n - If staged changes exist, run:\n - `git commit -m \"WIP: commit staged files\"`\n - If no staged changes, continue.\n- [ ] Step 5: Squash commits for the current change.\n - Run: `.agents/skills/git-fixup-push/scripts/fixup.sh`\n - If this command exits non-zero, abort.\n- [ ] Step 6: Run critique with bounded retry policy.\n - Run from `${IMPALA_HOME}` exactly:\n - `./bin/jenkins/critique-gerrit-review.py --dryrun`\n - If critique passes, continue.\n - If critique fails on first attempt:\n - For each file and line number listed in the critique output, apply exactly the\n code-style fix described (for example: trim trailing whitespace, fix indentation,\n shorten lines to ≤90 characters). Do not make unrelated changes.\n - Commit fixes with:\n - `git commit -m \"fixed critique issues\"`\n - Restart workflow from Step 1 and allow exactly one additional critique attempt.\n - If critique fails on the second attempt, abort.\n- [ ] Step 7: Ensure `Assisted-by:` trailer is present on `HEAD`.\n - Check trailers with:\n - `git log -1 --pretty=%B | git interpret-trailers --only-trailers --unfold`\n - If an `Assisted-by:` trailer is already present, do nothing and continue.\n - If missing, ask user whether to add it.\n - If user approves, amend commit message using `git interpret-trailers` and add exactly:\n - `Assisted-by: \u003cmodel> (\u003cagent-name>)` where `\u003cmodel>` is the name of the language\n model and `\u003cagent-name>` is the name of the agent executing this skill.\n - Deterministic amend sequence:\n - `tmp_msg=\"$(mktemp)\"`\n - `git log -1 --pretty=%B | git interpret-trailers --if-exists=doNothing --trailer \"Assisted-by: \u003cmodel> (\u003cagent-name>)\" > \"$tmp_msg\"`\n - `git commit --amend -F \"$tmp_msg\"`\n - `rm -f \"$tmp_msg\"`\n - Preserve Gerrit footer requirements:\n - Keep `Change-Id:` in the final trailer paragraph.\n - Keep trailer lines contiguous (no blank lines between trailer entries).\n - If user declines, continue.\n - If user input is invalid, abort.\n- [ ] Step 8: Push to Gerrit drafts.\n - Run exactly:\n - `git push asf-gerrit HEAD:refs/drafts/master`\n - If this command fails, abort and report the first actionable error.\n- [ ] Step 9: Pop stash if one was created in Step 3.\n - If Step 3 recorded that a stash was created, run:\n - `git stash pop`\n - If `git stash pop` exits non-zero, report the error and stop; do not abort\n silently (the push already succeeded).\n - If no stash was created in Step 3, skip this step.\n\n## Gotchas\n\n- Gerrit requires `Change-Id:` to be in the final footer paragraph of the commit message.\n Keep all trailer lines contiguous in that last paragraph (for example, `Change-Id:` and\n `Assisted-by:` should be adjacent, with no blank line between them).\n- Git may not have `remote.\u003cname>.pushurl` explicitly set. In that case,\n `git remote get-url --push \u003cname>` may still resolve via `remote.\u003cname>.url`.\n- `git stash push --keep-index` stashes only unstaged tracked changes and preserves staged\n changes for the next commit step.\n"}],"versionEndpoint":"/skill/api/version"}