/ase-meta-commit

name: ase-meta-commit
argument-hint: "[--help|-h]"
description: >
    Determine commit message for staged Git changes.
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: false
effort: medium
allowed-tools:
    - "Bash(git diff *)"

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md

<purpose name="ase-meta-commit"> Git Commit </purpose>

<expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-meta-commit"> $ARGUMENTS </expand>

<objective> Help to *craft* a *concise commit message* for the currently staged Git changes. </objective>

<flow>

1. <step id="STEP 1: Find out staged changes">

Run the following command to find out details of what changes are currently staged in the Git *index* for commit:

`git diff --cached`

</step>

2. <step id="STEP 2: Craft a consolidated commit message">

Craft a commit <message/> in the following format:

`<type/>: <summary/>`

The known <type/>s (kept deliberately in sync with the intent groups of the `ase-meta-diff` and `ase-meta-changelog` skills) and their usual corresponding kind of change are:

• `FEATURE`: new functionality or configuration
• `IMPROVEMENT`: improved functionality or configuration
• `BUGFIX`: corrected functionality or configuration
• `UPDATE`: updated functionality or configuration
• `CLEANUP`: cleaned up functionality or configuration
• `REFACTOR`: refactored functionality or configuration

The rules for generating <summary/> are:

• Use a maximum of 60-80 characters
• Use imperative mood ("add" not "added")
• Use *no* period at the end
• Use *no* Markdown formatting

Output this crafted commit message with the following <template/>:

<template> Commit Message: **<message/>** </template>

Do *not* output any further explanation.

Finally, give the closing hint by expanding the following (which, depending on the configured <ase-guidance-level/>, may expand into nothing and hence emit no output at all):

<if condition=" a `CHANGELOG.md` file exists in the project (or in any affected sub-package) and is *not* itself part of the staged changes "> <ase-tpl-hint level="normal"> The staged changes do not touch `CHANGELOG.md` -- use `/ase-meta-changelog` to update its entries before committing. </ase-tpl-hint> </if>

</step>

</flow>