Create a new branch — AI Prompts for Git

3 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

I need a feature branch for implementing invitation emails. Create a new branch named…

I need a feature branch for implementing invitation emails. Create a new branch named feature/invite-emails from develop, show the branch creation command you used, and confirm the new branch exists locally and points at the same commit as develop.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I create feature/invite-emails, make it easy for reviewers to understand why: surface the…

Before I create feature/invite-emails, make it easy for reviewers to understand why: surface the base branch and latest commit SHA, ensure the branch name follows our convention feature/<ticket>-<short>, and warn if develop is out of date with origin. Flag anything that could make a reviewer hesitate to accept the branch.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

I tried to create feature/invite-emails and I think I might have based it on my local develop which…

I just ran git branch feature/invite-emails but I'm not sure it used the right base

I tried to create feature/invite-emails and I think I might have based it on my local develop which could be stale. I don't know the current state of origin/develop. Advise how to check whether develop is up to date and give the safest sequence to create the branch from the remote develop so I don't accidentally branch from the wrong commit.

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Other version control work people do in Git.

Commit staged changes Compare branches Configure ignore rules globally Configure user name and email Create a bare repository Create a release or tagger Create and apply a patch Delete a branch locally Delete a branch remotely Discard changes in a file

Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.

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