Wiki · concept
Git-native workflows
A coding agent that commits every change turns git history into an audit log and makes rollback a single command.
- Aider is the archetype: each edit is an atomic commit, so you can review or revert at the granularity of a single prompt.
- The pattern composes with context management: a clean, committed history lets you re-derive context from the repo rather than from chat transcripts.
- Contrast with hosted agents that apply changes in a sandbox where history is opaque or absent.
Git-native workflows matter most where reviewability and reversibility are non-negotiable, such as teams shipping to production.
Sources: 0002-aider-docs.md
Edit wiki/git-native-workflows.md; see how we
maintain the wiki.