fix(web): a thread whose worktree folder was deleted no longer offers Initialize Git#29086

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Problem

When a thread's managed worktree folder has been deleted (by storage cleanup or git worktree remove), the thread details panel offers Initialize Git in place of the branch controls. Clicking it fails with VCS process failed in GitVcsDriver.initRepository: git (<worktree path>) exited with 128. Reproduced on main at d890e5c401 in the web app: create a thread in a new worktree, let a turn finish, run git worktree remove <path>, restart the server, and open the thread.

Change

Web (GitActionsControl): when the VCS status says "not a repository" and the thread has a worktreePath, the Initialize Git row is replaced by a disabled "Worktree missing" row. A worktree is always a checkout, so running git init there is never correct. Threads without a worktree, on a folder that is not a repository, still get Initialize Git as before. So do No project threads, whose worktreePath is a plain scratch folder rather than a checkout (that case is pingdotgg/t3code#27626). Sending a message still recreates a missing managed worktree through the existing turn-start path.
Server (GitVcsDriver.initRepository): checks the folder exists before running git init. If it does not, it fails with the existing VcsRepositoryDetectionError and the detail "The folder does not exist." instead of git's bare exit 128, and creates nothing. Older clients still show the button, and a deleted project root still reaches it; both now get a clear error.

No contract or schema changes. Mobile has no Initialize Git control.

Scope and approval

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#29062

Verification

Focused tests (both fail on main for this bug, pass on this branch):

apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts › "refuses to initialize a repository in a folder that does not exist". On main it fails with expected 'VCS process failed in GitVcsDriver.initRepository: git (…/removed-worktree) exited with 128 …' to match /does not exist/i. The file passes 68/68.
apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx › "does not offer Initialize Git when the thread's worktree folder is missing". On main it fails because the Initialize Git button is found; on this branch "Worktree missing" is visible and Initialize Git is absent. The control tests "offers Initialize Git for a project folder that is not a repository" and "keeps Initialize Git for a No project thread's scratch folder" guard the cases that must not change. The file passes 4/4.
vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck (4 packages), tests, react compiler.

Real-app checks (the deleted-worktree after-stills retaken at 37567a3bc3 match the 187b15d4b2 ones with 0 changed pixels), web dev server, Playwright Chromium, DPR 1, fresh databases on both sides (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0), same synthetic fixture: a disposable repo, a worktree thread with one completed Codex turn, then git worktree remove and a server restart.

Row	Before (d890e5c401)	After (187b15d4b2; rechecked at 37567a3bc3)
Deleted worktree, 1440×900 and 390×844, light and dark	Initialize Git	Disabled "Worktree missing". At zero threshold, only the row's icon and label pixels differ.
Deleted worktree, 390×844 dark: click the row, then Tab	Click starts `git init` and shows the exit-128 toast	Click does nothing (0 `vcs.init` requests); Tab skips the row
Plain non-git project folder, 1440×900 light	Initialize Git	Initialize Git, unchanged
No project thread on its scratch folder, 1440×900 light (before at 5fc5a1d095, after at 37567a3bc3)	Initialize Git	Initialize Git, unchanged (0 changed pixels)
Deleted project root folder, click Initialize Git	Toast: "…exited with 128 …"	Toast: "…The folder does not exist."
Backend `vcs.init` RPC	(exit 128)	Absent folder: `VcsRepositoryDetectionError`, "The folder does not exist.", folder still absent. Existing empty folder: success.

Evidence: before/after stills (with zero-threshold and >16/255 diff images), recordings of the click/Tab interaction, and the backend transcript were captured but are not embedded here: the upload tool was unavailable during this run.

Not checked: desktop (Electron) separately, since it wraps the same web component; remote/relay/tunnel modes (the existence check runs on the server, so they behave the same); compact and essential panel densities (the changed row is identical in both).

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, red test, implementation, review B) and GPT-6.1 Sol (review A, proof audit, capture), run from Claude Code inside T3 Code.

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Added 4 commits8d ago

fix: tighten missing-worktree test and comments187b15d
test: reproduce #29062 Initialize Git offered for a missing worktree6a96b52
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-29062ccd2777
fix: stop offering Initialize Git for a thread whose worktree folder is gonefa8476b

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Verdict: Approved at 37567a3

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Missing managed worktrees now display a disabled status instead of offering Git initialization, while the server reports missing folders explicitly. The change is narrowly scoped and introduces no automatic repository or data modifications.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.1 KiB	5.0 KiB	−6 B (−0.1%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	−6 B (−0.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 333f7a6 · PR result: 37567a3 · 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

The Git actions control now distinguishes non-repository worktree threads from other non-repository folders. The Git driver checks that the target folder exists before running git init. Browser and server tests cover these cases.

Changes: Missing worktree handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Worktree status in Git actions `apps/web/test/fakeEnvironment.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/GitActionsControl.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx`	Fake thread shells now carry an optional worktree path, and the fake environment supports server-config updates. When Git reports no repository for a worktree thread, the control shows a disabled “Worktree missing” row instead of “Initialize Git.” Browser tests cover this case and initialization for project and scratch folders.
Reject initialization for missing folders `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts`, `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts`	`initRepository` raises `VcsRepositoryDetectionError` when the target folder is missing or the existence check fails. A test checks the missing-folder error and confirms the folder remains absent.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#24390: The control displays “Worktree missing” when a worktree thread reports no repository, but this change does not implement checkout recovery.
pingdotgg/t3code#24797: The control displays “Worktree missing” for a non-repository worktree thread, but this change does not stop poller retries.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Minimal · up to 37567

The change prevents initialization in missing managed worktrees. Direct recreation from the panel is deferred, while existing turn-start recovery remains available; no merge-blocking risk was established.

Pre-merge checks: ^Passed 3 · ^Failed 1

^Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	Warning	Issue [`#29062`] requires the thread details panel to identify a deleted managed worktree and offer recreation from the thread branch. `GitActionsControl` renders only a disabled `Worktree missing` row.…	Add an enabled panel action for a missing managed worktree. The action must recreate the worktree from the thread branch. Add an automated test that verifies the action and the recreation request.

^Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title is concise, specific, and accurately describes the main web behavior change for deleted worktree folders.
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The server existence check, web control change, test coverage, and fake-environment support directly implement or verify issue [`#29062`]. The reviewed changes do not establish unrelated production beha…
Description check	Passed	The description is complete and relevant. It explains the problem, change, scope, affected cases, focused tests, observed results, limitations, and implementation provenance. It does not embed the cap…

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Explanation

The server existence check, web control change, test coverage, and fake-environment support directly implement or verify issue [#29062]. The reviewed changes do not establish unrelated production behavior.

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Explanation

The description is complete and relevant. It explains the problem, change, scope, affected cases, focused tests, observed results, limitations, and implementation provenance. It does not embed the captured UI evidence or include explicit maintainer approval details, but these omissions do not make the description incomplete overall.

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Explanation

Issue [#29062] requires the thread details panel to identify a deleted managed worktree and offer recreation from the thread branch. GitActionsControl renders only a disabled Worktree missing row. The changed browser test verifies that Initialize Git is absent, but it does not verify a recreation action. The PR satisfies the other requirements: it preserves Initialize Git for non-worktree folders, shows the missing-worktree state, and makes GitVcsDriver.initRepository return VcsRepositoryDetectionError with The folder does not exist. for an absent folder.

Resolution

Add an enabled panel action for a missing managed worktree. The action must recreate the worktree from the thread branch. Add an automated test that verifies the action and the recreation request.

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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts: 1

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Test the VcsDriver service instance.
makeVcsDriverShape() constructs the implementation directly. The test should retrieve VcsDriver.VcsDriver from layerGitContract so it exercises the service wiring used by callers.

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10	established typed error with the original error as its cause; propagate that
11	error instead of treating it as success and continuing to Git.
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13	Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/GitActionsControl.tsx:
14	- Around line 1491-1493: Update the `!isRepo && activeWorktreePath !== null`
15	branch in `GitActionsControl` to distinguish a missing folder from an existing
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fix(web): keep Initialize Git for No project scratch foldersd8f6a57
fix(server): report a failed folder check before git init6e08d03

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9	so users can recreate the missing worktree folder directly from this row.
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1485	1499		return (
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1487		-	{!showActions ? null : !isRepo ? (
	1501	+	{!showActions ? null : !isRepo && isWorktreeThread ? (

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Offer worktree recreation from this row.

When a worktree is missing, this branch shows only a disabled control. Issue #29062 also requests an action to recreate the folder from the thread’s branch. A user must send a new message to restore the folder instead of recovering it directly. Add a recovery action here and connect it to the worktree recreation path. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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JJulius Marminge8d ago

Leaving this out of this PR on purpose. Recreation already exists: the next turn start recreates a missing managed worktree from the thread's branch (ProviderTurnStartService), so sending a message recovers the thread. A panel action would need a new RPC that runs the same recreation outside a turn, which is a new capability rather than part of fixing the broken Initialize Git button. That is a product call for a maintainer and can follow separately.

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@juliusmarminge Understood. I withdraw this finding for this PR. I treated the panel action requested in #29062 as required for the Initialize Git fix, rather than a separate capability.

The existing turn-start recovery addresses thread recovery. A panel action can remain a separate maintainer product decision.

Would you like me to open a follow-up issue for the panel action, or leave it tracked in #29062?

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refactor(web): read the scratch flag from the project entity37567a3

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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts: 1

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Add a regression test for filesystem-check failures.
initRepository maps an fileSystem.exists(input.cwd) failure to VcsRepositoryDetectionError. Add a focused test that injects a filesystem error, asserts the mapped error preserves the original cause, and confirms Git is not invoked. This test can catch the earlier fallback that discarded the error. The existing missing-folder test covers only exists returning false.

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6 Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts around lines 784 - 792:
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