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name: managing-branches description: > Investigates and creates Git branches. Triggered when: branch status check, new branch creation, branch-related errors. allowed-tools: Bash(git:*)

Branch Investigation

Copygit branch --show-current
git status --short
git fetch --all
git branch -vv
git rev-list --count <main-branch>..HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "0"  # Check CLAUDE.md for main branch name

Report: current branch, uncommitted changes, remote sync status, commits ahead of main.

Branch Creation

Copygit fetch origin <base-branch>
git checkout -b <new-branch> origin/<base-branch>

Error Handling

Conflict Resolution

1. git status to identify conflicts
2. Resolve each file
3. git add <resolved-file>
4. Continue operation

Ask for guidance if resolution is complex.

Completion Report

• Current branch name
• Branch creation result (if applicable)
• Any issues encountered