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Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability

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name: refactor
description: "Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability"
tags: [code-quality, refactoring]
version: "1.0.0"

Refactor

Improve code structure without changing external behavior.

Process

1. **Understand** — Read all related code, run existing tests 2. **Plan** — Identify what to change and why 3. **Execute** — Make changes incrementally 4. **Verify** — Run tests after each change

Common Refactoring Patterns

Extract

  • Long function → smaller focused functions
  • Repeated code → shared helper
  • Magic numbers → named constants

Simplify

  • Deep nesting → early returns / guard clauses
  • Complex conditionals → descriptive functions
  • Large classes → smaller focused classes

Rename

  • Unclear names → descriptive names
  • Inconsistent naming → consistent conventions

Reorganize

  • Related functions scattered → grouped in modules
  • Circular dependencies → dependency inversion

Rules

  • Never change behavior — tests must pass before and after
  • One refactoring type per commit
  • If tests don't exist, write them first
  • Don't refactor and add features in the same change
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