🐛 Git Troubleshooting

Git troubleshooting techniques including recovering lost commits, fixing merge conflicts, resolving detached HEAD, and diagnosing repository issues. Use when user encounters git errors or needs to recover from mistakes.

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npx playbooks add skill geoffjay/claude-plugins --skill git-troubleshooting

About Git Troubleshooting

Use Git Troubleshooting to configure Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot for debugging: it git troubleshooting techniques including recovering lost commits, fixing merge conflicts, resolving detached head, and diagnosing repository issues. use when user encounters git errors or needs to recover from mistakes.

This compact 29-word instruction set is purpose-built for debugging work in AI coding agents. Install with a single command.

Use Cases

  • Systematically diagnosing production errors and crashes
  • Tracing memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
  • Debugging async race conditions and concurrency issues
  • Root-cause analysis with structured logging

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (29 words)

Git troubleshooting techniques including recovering lost commits, fixing merge conflicts, resolving detached HEAD, and diagnosing repository issues. Use when user encounters git errors or needs to recover from mistakes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Git Troubleshooting?

Git Troubleshooting is a free debugging skill for AI coding agents. Git troubleshooting techniques including recovering lost commits, fixing merge conflicts, resolving detached HEAD, and diagnosing repository issues. Use when user encounters git errors or needs to recover from mistakes.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with debugging expertise.

How do I use Git Troubleshooting with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill geoffjay/claude-plugins --skill git-troubleshooting in your terminal to install Git Troubleshooting into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Git Troubleshooting?

Git Troubleshooting is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Git Troubleshooting free to use?

Yes, Git Troubleshooting is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/geoffjay/claude-plugins/tree/main/plugins/utilities/git/skills/git-troubleshooting. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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