Description 612 -> 273 chars, body 1124 -> 457 words. Branch patterns,
operations, merging, comparison, and the orchestrator contract move to
references/.
Corrects rebase routing in four places: this skill sent rebase to
git-history, which carries no rebase content and disclaims it. Rebase is
git-commits'; cherry-pick and revert stay git-history's. Drops a Step 3
gate on a rebase flow this skill does not have.