Enhance git error handling and validation inspired by Gemini CLI improvements

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This PR brings key improvements from google-gemini/gemini-cli#2891 to enhance llmc's reliability, security, and user experience with better git error handling and state validation.

Key Improvements

1. Enhanced Git Error Handling ✨

• User-friendly error messages: Converts technical git errors into actionable guidance
• Comprehensive error coverage: Handles 15+ common git scenarios including:
  • Repository validation errors
  • Staging area issues
  • Index lock problems
  • Hook failures
  • Repository corruption
• Better error context: Provides specific guidance based on error type

Before:

Error: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

After:

✗ Error occurred

This directory is not a Git repository. Please run this command from within a Git repository.

2. Advanced Hook Failure Handling 🔧

• Multi-hook support: Detects and provides specific guidance for:
  • pre-commit hook failures
  • commit-msg hook failures
  • prepare-commit-msg hook failures
  • post-commit hook failures
• Path-based detection: Recognizes hook failures even when error messages vary
• Helpful guidance: Tells users exactly which hook failed and what to do next

3. Improved Git State Validation 🛡️

• Detailed staging feedback: Shows exactly what files are unstaged vs untracked
• File listing: Displays up to 5 files with counts for additional files
• Enhanced validation: Better differentiation between different repository states
• Security-focused: Ensures only staged changes are processed, preventing accidental commits

4. New Utilities 🔍

• Staged files analysis: New getStagedFilesInfo() function for detailed staged change information
• Status descriptions: Human-readable descriptions of git status codes
• Enhanced git wrapper: Improved EnhancedGit class with comprehensive error handling

Implementation Details

• Created new git-utils.ts module with enhanced error handling functions
• Added formatGitError() function that converts git errors to user-friendly messages
• Implemented validateGitState() with detailed repository state analysis
• Enhanced EnhancedGit class as a wrapper around simple-git with better error handling
• Updated app.tsx to use enhanced git utilities while maintaining backward compatibility

Testing

• ✅ 100% test coverage for new error handling functions (17 test cases)
• ✅ All existing tests pass - maintained backward compatibility
• ✅ Real-world testing verified with actual git scenarios
• ✅ Edge case handling tested for various error conditions

Benefits

• Better UX: Users get clear, actionable error messages instead of raw git output
• Improved Security: Prevents accidental commits by validating staging area
• Enhanced Reliability: Better handling of edge cases and git hook scenarios
• Developer Friendly: More informative feedback helps developers understand and fix issues quickly

The improvements are surgical and minimal, enhancing the existing functionality without breaking changes or performance impact.

Fixes #10.

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