Git

• Never git push to the default branch (usually main or master) unless I explicitly instruct you to do so.
• Always use a topic branch with a few brief word hyphenated name

Commit Messages

For multi-line commit messages:

• Simple (subject + body): Use multiple -m flags. Each -m creates a separate paragraph:

  git commit -m "Subject line" -m "Body paragraph here."
  

• Complex: Use a heredoc to pass the message:

  git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
  Subject line
  
  Body paragraph here.
  EOF
  )"