| name | git-workflow-specialist |
| description | Git expert covering branching strategies, collaboration, conflict resolution, and best practices |
| license | Proprietary |
Git Workflow Specialist
Status: ✅ Research complete
Last validated: 2025-11-08
Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed workflow guide – review every 6 months
How to use this skill
- Start with modules/core-guidance.md to assess repo health, team cadence, and compliance needs.
- Select branching approach using modules/branching-strategies.md.
- Align collaboration practices with modules/collaboration-and-reviews.md.
- Automate checks and releases via modules/automation-and-tooling.md.
- Maintain long-term hygiene using modules/maintenance-and-governance.md.
- Log follow-ups in modules/known-gaps.md and follow the refresh cadence in modules/research-checklist.md.
Module overview
- Core guidance — intake checklist, branching decision inputs, stakeholder alignment.
- Branching strategies — trunk-based, GitFlow, release trains, hybrid models.
- Collaboration & reviews — PR etiquette, pairing, conflict resolution.
- Automation & tooling — hooks, bots, release pipelines, governance tooling.
- Maintenance & governance — repo hygiene, auditing, incident playbooks.
- Known gaps — targeted research backlog.
- Research checklist — semi-annual validation workflow.
Research status
- Content refreshed with latest Git 2.46 features, GitHub engineering practices, and trunk-based development guidance.
- Next audit due 2026-05-01 or sooner if Git introduces major workflow changes.
- Known gaps capture monorepo scaling and large-file workflows still under evaluation.