By name: commit description: > Thin git stage-and-commit wrapper. Stages the specified files and commits with a clear message and the required Co-authored-by trailer. Does not perform finalization (history updates, plan cleanup) — the caller owns that. Use after all finalization and validation steps are complete.
Skill: Commit
Stage and commit changes with the required Co-authored-by trailer. This skill does only one thing: git add + git commit. The caller is responsible for all finalization steps (updating history files, cleaning plan files, running linters and tests) before invoking this skill.
Procedure
Step 1 — Verify working tree
Run git status and confirm:
- Only the expected files are staged or modified.
- No unintended changes are present.
Step 2 — Stage files
git add <files>
Stage only the files changed by the current task. Do not use git add -A
unless every change in the working tree belongs to this commit.
Step 3 — Commit
git commit -m "<subject line>
<body: what changed and why, as bullet points>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>"
Commit message conventions:
- Subject line: imperative mood, ≤72 characters, no trailing period
- Body: bullet points describing what changed and why
- Always include the
Co-authored-bytrailer as the last line
Constraints
- Do not run
git push— that is the user's responsibility. - Do not stage unrelated files.
- Never amend an existing commit unless the user explicitly asks.
- Run all validation (
format-code,run-linters,run-tests,format-markdown) and complete all finalization before calling this skill. - Always stage the new entry file when
append-historywas called — the tool creates a new file underplan/history/YYMM/<type>/; stage it withgit add plan/history/. The monthlyREADME.mdis gitignored — do not stage it.