version-control-review

name	version-control-review
description	Review changes and manage commits, branches, merges, and code-review workflows using VCS-agnostic engineering principles.
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version-control-review

Use this skill for code review, change inspection, commits, merges, branch workflows, and review preparation.

Code Review

Evaluate:

• correctness
• regressions
• security impact
• data integrity
• tests
• maintainability
• scope creep

Prioritize behavior-affecting problems over style preferences.

Review changed behavior in context, not only individual lines.

Changes

Keep commits coherent where practical.

Avoid mixing unrelated changes.

Before merging:

• ensure conflicts are resolved intentionally
• run relevant verification
• inspect unexpected generated or configuration changes

Do not rewrite shared history without understanding the collaboration impact.

Adaptation

Use project evidence to determine the actual language, framework, runtime, and existing conventions.

When stack-specific implementation guidance is needed, prefer project evidence, native framework or language mechanisms, and relevant user-installed specialist skills. Technology-specific guidance must not redefine or weaken the core engineering requirement.

Absorbed Legacy Capability: code-review

The following framework-agnostic knowledge was preserved from the previous Engineer Flow capability during consolidation.

Code Review

Prioritize findings over summaries.

• Look for bugs, regressions, security issues, and missing tests.
• Ground findings in files, commands, or observable behavior.
• Order issues by severity.
• State residual risk when checks are incomplete.
• Keep style-only comments secondary.