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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ allowed-tools: Bash
 
 ## Gotchas
 
-- **Run git as `rtk git <subcommand>`, never bare `git`** — org convention, in `&&` chains too, except where a skill's Gotchas name a specific bare-git case (interactive rebase here).
+- **Run git as `rtk git <subcommand>`, never bare `git`** — org convention, in `&&` chains too. Run it bare only when rtk would break it: output a script parses, or a command that opens an interactive editor (`rebase -i` in `references/rewrite-history.md`). Say why inline.
 - **Refuse to force-push `main`/`master`.** A rewrite diverges the branch and the reflex is to force it back — safe only where nobody else has based work on it.
 - **`reset --hard` is a confirmation gate, not a default.** It overwrites the working tree, and uncommitted edits it discards were never in git, so no reflog recovers them. Name what will be lost and offer a stash first.
 - **Never add `--no-verify`** — using it when a hook fails bypasses the QA gate the pipeline depends on. Only on the user's explicit demand, with a warning.