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fix(server): checkpoints no longer rehash every file when one entry is skip-worktree or assume-unchanged#23624

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Problem

In a repository that is not a sparse checkout, a single tracked entry marked skip-worktree or assume-unchanged made checkpoint capture throw away the copied index. Capture then rebuilt the index from read-tree HEAD with no stat cache, so git add -A rehashed every tracked file. On large worktrees or slow filesystems (the reporter's case: about 25k entries on an SMB drive with 6 skip-worktree entries), every capture hit VCS process timed out in GitVcsDriver.checkpoints.captureCheckpoint ... after 30000ms.

Reproduction on main (ed3f965e07), calling the real GitVcsDriver.checkpoints.captureCheckpoint on Linux with git 2.43. The fixture has 25,000 tracked files, a clean filter that counts every file Git rehashes, and one edited flagged file:

flagsmainthis branch
none505 ms, 2 files rehashed417 ms, 1 file rehashed
1 skip-worktreetimed out after 30000 ms523 ms, 1 file rehashed
1 assume-unchangedtimed out after 30000 ms731 ms, 2 files rehashed

With 500 files on main, the same flagged capture took 28.5 s and rehashed all 501 files. GIT_TRACE shows the extra fresh git read-tree HEAD.

Change

Capture now keeps the copied index and rebuilds only the flagged entries in the private index:

  • Scan. The existing ls-files scan adds --stage, so each flagged record already has the <mode> <oid> <stage>\t<path> shape that update-index --index-info reads. The scan collects only flagged records: lowercase tags, S outside sparse checkout, and in-cone S selected by sparse-checkout check-rules.
  • Rebuild. update-index -z --index-info on GIT_INDEX_FILE re-adds the flagged entries. They keep their mode, OID and stage, lose the flag bits, and get an empty stat cache, so add -A rehashes only those paths. That includes same-size, same-mtime edits. The write runs with -c core.ignorestat=false, because core.ignorestat would otherwise mark the re-added entries assume-unchanged.
  • Racy check. The conservative index timestamp is restored after update-index, so the racy-git check from https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/10792 still applies.
  • Unchanged. Ordinary out-of-cone S bits are left alone (https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/12154). The real index and Git config are never touched.
  • Fallback. Capture still falls back to the fresh index on an invalid UTF-8 path, a flagged gitlink, an s tag on a sparse checkout (--index-info cannot drop assume-unchanged while keeping skip-worktree), more than 1 MiB of flagged records, or any command failure.

Scope and approval

Fixes #13741 GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/13741 Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. The maintainer's triage comment on the issue sets this direction: selectively rebuild flagged entries with --index-info, restore the timestamp afterwards, and keep the fallback.

Verification

  • GitVcsDriver.test.ts, checkpoint index inspection handles entries beyond the output cap:

    • The flags case is split into index=skip-worktree and index=assume-unchanged.
    • Every mode now asserts that no fresh read-tree runs and that the unflagged file is not rehashed.
    • The flagged modes also assert that a same-size, same-mtime edit and a deletion of a flagged file are captured, and that the real index stays byte-identical.
    • On main both new cases fail with expected 1 to equal +0 (one fresh read-tree). They pass on this branch.
    • The flagged modes also set core.ignorestat true. They fail without the -c core.ignorestat=false override and pass with it.

  • sparse checkpoint preserves two captures now counts fresh read-tree calls. The flags and manual-skip cases (in-cone manual flags on a cone sparse checkout) fail on main and pass here.

  • vp test run apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts apps/server/src/checkpointing: 70/70 pass with GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null. On the test VM, lists the fetch and push URLs of a partial clone remote fails on main and here alike, because of a global url.insteadof rewrite on that VM.

  • vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql and typecheck pass.

  • Reviewers also checked these cases by hand with the real capture:

    • a flagged entry staged differently from HEAD
    • split index
    • cone sparse checkouts, with and without a sparse index
    • non-cone sparse checkout
    • flagged paths containing a newline, a tab, a quote or non-ASCII characters
    • a flagged gitlink
    • invalid UTF-8 paths

    In every case the snapshot had the working-tree content and the real index stayed byte-identical.

  • Not checked: Windows or macOS at runtime, and Git versions older than 2.43. The change has no platform-specific code.

Server-only fix with no visible surface. The proof is the failing tests above plus the runtime table.

Claude Opus 5.5 (implementation, tests), Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5.5 (review), Claude Code in T3 Code.

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Independent verification (maintainer takeover, head cfee52fc24)

Reviews (fresh, read-only, full diff against main):

  • Claude Sonnet 5.5: VERDICT: MERGE. No case found where a change goes missing. One low note: an unflagged file whose size, mtime and ctime all stay unchanged is trusted by its stat data. That is the same trust main gives a repo with no flags, and it can only happen with a forged mtime and core.trustctime=false.
  • Claude Opus 5.5: VERDICT: MERGE. No defects found. The real index and sharedindex.* stayed byte-identical in every fixture.

Proof audit: VERDICT: SUFFICIENT. Audit pass 1 (matrix.md) found 16 cases the existing tests don't cover. Each was captured with the real GitVcsDriver capture and restore on synthetic repos, before (main 8d3b061121) and after (cfee52fc24), with git 2.43.0 on Linux x86_64. Audit pass 2 (audit2.md, rerun.log) checked every record against its table row, checked the SHAs and the driver hash, and independently reran R11.

"Tree" compares the checkpoint tree with the working tree. "Index" is the real .git/index sha256 before and after capture.

rowcasemainthis PRreal index
R1b, R11cone sparse (with / without sparse index), same-size edit, assume-unchangedtree matches (full rebuild)tree matches (copied index kept)unchanged
R1b, R11, R12, R19cone and non-cone sparse, present in-cone file flagged skip-worktree by hand, edit keeps size, mtime and ctimeedit missingedit missing, same as mainunchanged
R2a / R2bchmod +x on a flagged / unflagged filetree matchestree matchesunchanged
R4flagged file renamedtree matchestree matchesunchanged
R5flagged entry staged ≠ HEAD ≠ working treetree matchestree matchesunchanged
R9split indextree matchestree matchesunchanged, sharedindex.* unchanged
R12non-cone sparse, assume-unchangedcapture failstree matchesunchanged
R13 / R15 / R16flagged gitlink / invalid UTF-8 path / >1 MiB of flagged recordstree matchestree matches (full rebuild, by design)unchanged
R14flagged paths with a newline, tab, quote or non-ASCII characterstree matchestree matchesunchanged
R17s (both bits) on sparse and non-sparse checkoutstree matchestree matchesunchanged
R19restore from a new-path checkpoint, non-sparse; cone sparse with assume-unchangedrestore matchesrestore matchesunchanged
R21racy-timestamp file next to a flagged filetree matchestree matchesunchanged

R20 measures capture on 25,000 files with one edited flagged file. The per-file clean filter here is slower than the one behind the table above.

no flagsskip-worktreeassume-unchanged
main342–472 ms138.7–171.3 s, 25,001 rehashed154.5 s to over 180 s, 25,001 rehashed
this PR294–380 ms358–455 ms, 1–2 reads400–630 ms, 1–2 reads

"2 reads" means add -A reads the same edited file twice: once to compare it, once to stage it. It is not a second file. No unflagged file was rehashed on this branch.

Corrections to the description above. These are notes only; the author's text is left unchanged.

  • The bullet "cone sparse checkouts, with and without a sparse index … the snapshot had the working-tree content" does not hold in one case. Take an in-cone file that is still present, marked skip-worktree by hand, with sparse.expectFilesOutsideOfPatterns=true. Capture reads the private index with sparse.expectFilesOutsideOfPatterns=false, which clears that S bit. The entry then keeps its old stat data, so an edit that leaves size, mtime and ctime unchanged (for example under core.trustctime=false) is missed.
    • This is not a regression: main misses the same edit the same way.
    • It holds for assume-unchanged entries and for deleted in-cone skip-worktree files.
    • It is a narrow pre-existing gap, worth a follow-up.
  • An s tag on a cone sparse checkout reuses the copied index rather than taking the fallback, because Git clears the in-cone S first. The capture is still correct (R17).
Verification log
  • Unverified: Windows, macOS, SMB and other network filesystems (the reporter's setup), and git versions other than 2.43.0.
  • The R2 rows set core.filemode=true explicitly, because the test setup forces core.filemode=false.
  • The R20 run of main with old mtimes and assume-unchanged was killed by vitest's 180 s timeout, so it has no record.
  • Every fixture is synthetic, run with GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null on Linux 6.1.102 x86_64.
  • Model/harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, audits, capture) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (review A), Claude Code in T3 Code.

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  • Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-1374101daac6
  • fix(server): checkpoints no longer rehash every file when an entry is flagged13edaac
  • test(server): reproduce #13741 checkpoint rehash with manually flagged entries171106a
apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.tsline 975Outdated · 01daac6Open thread
……@@ -898,57 +899,86 @@ export const makeVcsDriverShape = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverShape")(function* (
972+ yield* execute({
973+ operation,
974+ cwd: input.cwd,
975+ args: [...indexConfig, "update-index", "-z", "--index-info"],
MmacroscopeappBoton line 9752d ago

🟠 High vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts:975

With repository-local core.ignorestat=true, this call re-adds flagged entries with CE_VALID, so the later git add -A skips their edits and the checkpoint contains stale HEAD contents. update-index --index-info sets this bit from core.ignorestat; override that setting for this call.

No longer relevant as of cfee52fc24f56169ed4c0ce48759ad1ff9a7f655

JJulius Marminge2d ago

Confirmed with git 2.43: under core.ignorestat=true, update-index --index-info writes the re-added entry as h, and add -A then keeps HEAD's blob. Fixed in cfee52fc24 by passing -c core.ignorestat=false to that private-index write. The flagged modes of checkpoint index inspection handles entries beyond the output cap now set core.ignorestat true; they fail without the fix (expected 'original\n' to equal 'modified\n') and pass with it.

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Verdict: Approved at cfee52f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This localized server fix prevents checkpoint capture from rebuilding and rehashing the entire index when only flagged entries need attention, while preserving fallback behavior for unsupported cases. The accompanying tests cover the affected index modes, sparse-checkout behavior, deletions, timestamp edge cases, and output limits.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

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CodexTotal thread wire4.9 KiB5.0 KiB+23 B (+0.5%)6.8 KiB✅
CodexThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB+23 B (+1.9%)2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded20.8 KiB20.9 KiB+41 B (+0.2%)29.3 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages12+1 (+100.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.2 KiB21.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)29.3 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages220 (0.0%)8✅

Baseline: f054d1b · PR result: cfee52f · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Checkpoint capture now selectively restores eligible flagged entries in the copied index instead of always rebuilding it. The tests cover sparse-checkout reads and capture behavior for skip-worktree, assume-unchanged, and deleted files.

Changes: Checkpoint index reuse

Layer / File(s)Summary
Selective flagged-entry restoration
apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts		Capture parses staged index entries and restores eligible flagged entries through update-index. It falls back when entry data exceeds the limit or is not UTF-8, sparse entries have conflicting flags, or a flagged entry is a gitlink.
Index reuse test coverage
apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts		Tests check read-tree calls and captured entries across sparse and flagged index states. They also cover deleted files and verify that the filter records no reads.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • 23079 — The change affects a slow checkpoint capture cause described in this issue. It does not add asynchronous completion or change timeout behavior.
  • 17825 — The change affects the flagged-entry capture path described in this issue. It does not address other causes of a hung checkpoint capture.

Suggested reviewers: jonasfocus

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cfee5

Checkpoint capture no longer rehashes every file when entries are flagged, which fixes the reported timeouts. One remaining gap: very large sparse checkouts that use a full index can buffer a large path list during capture. This is a bounded, low-impact concern, so apply the byte limit to both collections before or soon after merge.

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Title checkPassedThe title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: checkpoint capture avoids rehashing every file when entries are marked skip-worktree or assume-unchanged.
Linked Issues checkPassedThe changes satisfy #13741. GitVcsDriver.ts keeps the copied private index, scans flagged records with ls-files --stage, and repairs only applicable entries with update-index --index-info. It re…
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe changes stay within #13741. The production changes update checkpoint index reuse and preserve sparse-checkout fallback behavior needed by the shared flagged-entry scan. The test changes add regres…
Description checkPassedThe pull request description includes all required sections. It clearly explains the problem, implementation, scope and approval, focused verification, test results, limitations, and agent usage. It a…
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The changes satisfy #13741. GitVcsDriver.ts keeps the copied private index, scans flagged records with ls-files --stage, and repairs only applicable entries with update-index --index-info. It restores the index timestamp and keeps fallback handling for unsupported records, gitlinks, size limits, and command failures. The tests cover skip-worktree and assume-unchanged edits, same-size and same-mtime edits, deletions, no fresh read-tree, no unflagged-file rehash, and byte-identical real-index contents. The implementation does not modify the real index or Git configuration.

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The changes stay within #13741. The production changes update checkpoint index reuse and preserve sparse-checkout fallback behavior needed by the shared flagged-entry scan. The test changes add regression coverage for flagged entries, sparse captures, rehash behavior, deletions, and index preservation. No unrelated product surface is changed.

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🟠 Major · Bound collected sparse entries. · GitVcsDriver.ts:937

apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts:937 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Bound collected sparse entries.

If a sparse checkout uses a full index, this limit counts flagged records but not the records added to skipped. Checkpoint capture can then retain a large out-of-cone file list and send it all to sparse-checkout check-rules. Apply a byte limit to both collections and use the existing fallback when either exceeds it. Git supports sparse checkout without a sparse index. (git-scm.com)

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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts at line 937:
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