fix(server): stop reporting a separate git dir as a branch's worktree#14157

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GitHub fork: auto/issue-12204

openedSep 28, 2026byPpujitha24

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With a separate Git metadata directory and no core.worktree, Git can list the metadata directory as the branch checkout. Branch selection then reports that directory instead of the folder the user opened.

The refs snapshot now excludes the Git common directory from worktree entries, and the current branch falls back to the opened checkout when no worktree path is available. The filter returns Effects consistently under current Effect types.

Rebuilt as maintainer from @pujitha24’s #14157, preserving the author’s commits. Relates to #12204; project-root discovery is outside this fix.

Verification on headless Linux:

One real-Git regression test remains one test, migrated to the current layerTest fixture. It verifies the actual checkout path. Original test failed with the removed fixture; replacement passes and fails when the production fix is temporarily removed.
cd apps/server && pnpm exec vp test run src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: 166 passed before and after the production cleanup.
Targeted lint and format checks pass (one existing lint warning). Server typecheck passes; the original mixed boolean/Effect predicate caused cascading errors before the rebuild.
One independent adversarial review round (Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol): no code blockers. Published-head CI remains the final gate.
Service-level proof creates a real repository with git init --separate-git-dir and reads refs through the production driver. No live client/server UI check was performed; screenshots are not applicable to this server-only change. macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and Electron desktop remain unverified.

Models: GPT-6-Astra for tests, GPT-6.1-Sol for implementation, Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol for adversarial review, through Codex/Claude harnesses in T3 Code.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The PR makes a small, self-contained correction to Git worktree path reporting and adds a real-Git regression test. Existing linked worktrees and API shape remain intact, with the behavior change limited to correcting checkout metadata for separate Git directories.

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📝 Walkthrough

The ref snapshot filters out paths that match the normalized Git common directory. For the current local branch, listRefs uses the repository worktree root when the snapshot has no worktree path. A test covers a repository initialized with --separate-git-dir.

Changes: Git worktree filtering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter separate Git directory entries `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts`, `apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts`	`readGitRefsSnapshot` excludes entries whose normalized path matches the Git common directory. For the current local branch, `listRefs` uses the repository worktree root when the snapshot has no worktree path. The test checks that the current branch reports the repository directory, not the separate Git directory.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4dae5

The branch path now points to the opened project folder in the tested separate-Git-directory case. No actionable merge risk remains beyond normal checks.

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Changed systems: apps/server

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observed — apps/server (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: Added a test that initializes a repository with a separate Git directory, commits an empty initial commit, and refreshes refs. It checks that the result is a repository, a current ref exists, and that ref’s worktree path differs from the canonical separate Git directory path.
observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts: readGitRefsSnapshot now normalizes the Git common directory and excludes entries at that path before checking whether the worktree path exists. Previously, only the filesystem stat determined whether a parsed worktree entry was retained.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	Warning	Issue [`#12204`] requires t3code to keep the requested project folder when the Git common directory has no `core.worktree` back-link. This PR filters the common-directory entry from `readGitRefsSnapshot…	Update project-root detection so it retains the requested folder when the Git back-link is missing. Add a regression test that opens or resolves the project from that requested folder, rather than testing only `listRefs` and branch `worktre…

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Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The `readGitRefsSnapshot` change and its separate-Git-directory regression test both address issue [`#12204`]. No unrelated changes are identified in the available PR summary.
Docstring Coverage	Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
Description check	Passed	The description explains the separate Git directory problem, the implementation change, scope, linked issue, focused verification, test results, and unverified platforms. It is complete enough for rev…
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: preventing a separate Git directory from being reported as a branch worktree.

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Issue [#12204] requires t3code to keep the requested project folder when the Git common directory has no core.worktree back-link. This PR filters the common-directory entry from readGitRefsSnapshot and tests the resulting branch worktreePath. The PR description states that project-root detection remains unchanged. The issue’s requested folder-selection behavior therefore remains unmet.

Resolution

Update project-root detection so it retains the requested folder when the Git back-link is missing. Add a regression test that opens or resolves the project from that requested folder, rather than testing only listRefs and branch worktreePath.

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apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.tsline 2838Outdated · 1a331e2Open thread

…	…	@@ -2829,9 +2829,13 @@ export const makeGitVcsDriverCore = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverCore")(function*
2832	2835		const existingWorktreeEntries = yield* Effect.filter(
2833	2836		parsedWorktreeEntries,
2834	2837		([, worktreePath]) =>
	2838	+	worktreePath !== normalizedGitCommonDir &&

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**Preserve the current branch worktree path after filtering.**

When the Git common directory is the current branch's only reported entry, the filter removes it and readGitRefsSnapshot assigns null to worktreePath. The listRefs fallback only sets current; it does not restore the path. Use repositoryPaths.worktreeRoot for the current branch when its snapshot path is missing.

The test must assert the opened folder because assert.notEqual also passes for null.

Suggested fix

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1	const localBranches = snapshot.localBranches.map((ref) => ({
2	...ref,
3	+ worktreePath:
4	+ ref.worktreePath ??
5	+ (ref.name === repositoryPaths.currentBranch ? repositoryPaths.worktreeRoot : null),
6	current: hasCurrentWorktreeBranch
7	? ref.worktreePath === repositoryPaths.worktreeRoot
8	: ref.name === repositoryPaths.currentBranch,

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1	- assert.notEqual(current?.worktreePath, gitDir);
2	+ assert.equal(current?.worktreePath, cwd);

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✅ Addressed in commit 4dae5c7

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fix(server): keep the opened folder as the current branch's worktreePath4dae5c7

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Hi! We are cleaning up open PRs, and this one does not say which model or harness was used to create it. If this change is really important, we recommend rebuilding the PR with a newer model and noting the model and harness in the PR description.

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Reopening, this was closed by mistake. Sorry for the noise!

JJulius Marminge25d ago

Taking over this one as maintainer for batch worktree-git-02. I will preserve the focused fix, rebuild against current main, and refresh tests, review, and verification.

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into auto/issue-122041742253
fix(server): preserve checkout paths with separate Git directoriesc44eed3

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