Cursor Git Commit

Overview

Use a consistent commit workflow: inspect changes, stage intentionally, and avoid committing noise.

Checklist (run before committing)

1. Inspect status: git status --porcelain
2. Review diffs:

- unstaged: git diff --stat - staged: git diff --cached --stat

1. Stage intentionally: git add path/to/file ...
2. Verify staged set: git diff --cached --name-only
3. Commit and record hash:

- git commit -m "..." then git rev-parse HEAD

Fix common mistakes

• Unstage one file: git reset HEAD path/to/file
• Unstage everything: git reset HEAD
• Remove noise already committed (keep on disk): git rm --cached path/to/noise then add to .gitignore and git commit --amend --no-edit

Reference

• Full checklist + ignore guidance: references/git-commit-instructions.md.