Files
claude-foundations/best-practices/git-source-control.md
Paul O'Reilly e0f8e6471c Add best-practices library, knowledge distillation pipeline settings, and first session log
- best-practices/: 11 topic files + INDEX.md extracted from cluster-bootstrap
  and custom-claude-skills (validation, k8s, helm, ansible, secrets, debugging, etc.)
- settings.yaml: pipeline config (log retention, tracked projects, max logs per run)
- CLAUDE.md: updated with best-practices loading and pipeline documentation
- memory/log/: first session log demonstrating the format

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-12 23:39:06 +13:00

1.6 KiB

Git & Source Control

Commit Practices

  • Use meaningful commit messages; prefer small, focused commits over large batches
  • Never commit secrets in plaintext — use SOPS + age or equivalent encryption
  • Enable pre-commit hooks where appropriate (secret detection, linting, formatting)

Pre-Commit Hooks

  • Block local_secrets/ and similar directories from being committed
  • Auto-encrypt files matching .sops.yaml rules that aren't yet encrypted
  • Enable with git config core.hooksPath .githooks
  • Consider secret detection, linting, and formatting hooks

GitOps Workflow

  • All infrastructure changes should be tracked in Git
  • No manual changes without corresponding GitOps manifests — anything applied manually (e.g., kubectl apply, helm install) should immediately get a corresponding tracked manifest
  • For ArgoCD-managed clusters: edit in Git, push, sync — never edit live resources directly

Remote Conventions

  • SSH workflows preferred over HTTPS for Git remotes
  • Use SSH config host aliases for multi-user setups (e.g., gitea.example.com-<user>)
  • Remote URL format: git@<host-alias>:<org>/<repo>.git
  • Optionally push-mirror to GitHub for public visibility

Version Management

  • Use the latest stable version of dependencies unless pinned for a reason
  • Verify versions from live sources (helm search repo, upstream docs, package registries) — don't rely on memory
  • Document the reason in a comment if a version is intentionally pinned below latest
  • Check compatibility matrices before upgrading (e.g., Talos ↔ Kubernetes, framework ↔ runtime)