le-mystere-professeur-zacus/skills/repo_hygiene/SKILL.md

Name

repo_hygiene

When To Use

Use for checkpointing, artifact untracking, and cross-platform naming hygiene.

Trigger Phrases

• "checkpoint"
• "gitignore"
• "untrack artifacts"
• "repo hygiene"

Do

• Snapshot diff/status to /tmp/zacus_checkpoint before high-risk edits.
• Detect tracked build artifacts and untrack with git rm --cached only.
• Keep file names and docs portable across macOS/Linux.

Don't

• Do not delete local artifact files when untracking.
• Do not mix hygiene fixes with unrelated refactors.

Quick Commands

• git diff --stat
• git ls-files | rg '(^|/)(\.pio|\.platformio|logs|dist|build|node_modules|\.venv)(/|$)'
• git status -sb