Switch to a branch — AI Prompts for Git

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

Switch my working copy to the branch feature/invite-emails, ensure local changes are stashed if…

Switch my working copy to the branch feature/invite-emails, ensure local changes are stashed if needed, and confirm the checkout succeeded by showing the current branch and top commit message.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I switch to feature/invite-emails, make the operation smooth for reviewers: show whether I…

Before I switch to feature/invite-emails, make the operation smooth for reviewers: show whether I have unstaged or uncommitted changes that would be lost, suggest stashing or committing, and confirm the branch exists locally or needs to be fetched from origin. Flag any reason a reviewer would hesitate to have me switch now.

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Other version control work people do in Git.

Squash commits during rebase Squash multiple commits Stage changed files Stash local changes Submodule add or update Tag a commit Verify signed commits View commit history View file changes View staged vs unstaged changes

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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