What problem does it solve?
Feature branches accumulate messy history: fixup commits, add-then-undo churn, and redesigns that bury the final approach under abandoned iterations. This Skill consolidates a branch's commits into the minimum number of valuable, reviewable commits while guaranteeing the final tree is byte-identical to the original tip.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Churn Detection: Audits commits for add-then-undo pairs and approach churn (redesigns that replace earlier work) using git diff analysis and commit-by-commit reading.
- Safe Non-Interactive Rewriting: Uses commits, cherry-picks, and detached HEAD checkouts instead of interactive rebase or stash, with a backup branch and mandatory empty-diff verification.
- Commit Curation Criteria: Balances minimum count, mergeability, reviewability, and separation of concerns so each commit tells one story and every prefix of the branch could plausibly land.
- Use Case: Before opening a PR on a GitLens feature branch with 15 noisy commits including "fixes from testing" and a mid-branch redesign, consolidate them into 3 clean commits that a reviewer can read one story at a time.
Quick Start
Ask the AI to consolidate the current branch's commits into a clean, reviewable history while verifying the final tree matches the original tip exactly.
