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fix(server): support repository-relative worktree locations - #29148
Claude sessions in T3's external worktrees miss gitignored instructions in the main checkout and instructions above that checkout. The existing absolute Worktree location cannot place worktrees inside each of several repositories. Fixes#27656.
Change
Allow a relative value such as .claude/worktrees in the existing Worktree location setting. Resolve it separately against each repository's main checkout, including projects opened in subdirectories or linked worktrees. Defaults and existing worktrees retain their behavior. Absolute locations keep the same placement, but absolute and explicit destinations inside a checkout are also subject to the new path-safety and Git-exclusion checks. Bare repositories require an absolute location.
Before creating an in-repository worktree, reject unsafe paths, symlinks, tracked-file collisions and nesting inside another linked worktree. Add an escaped local Git exclusion under a shared lock and verify it actually ignores the destination, including against .gitignore negations, before git worktree add. Cleanup and recreation check the saved thread association and Git repository identity; setting changes and resets preserve existing paths without adopting neighboring native worktrees.
An optional server capability prevents the shared web/desktop setting from sending relative values to older servers. Pasted-path normalization is preserved. There are no Claude adapter changes, copied instructions or migrations.
Scope and approval
This uses the focused-configuration route in CONTRIBUTING.md: worktree creation and its location setting already exist; this only makes that location relative to each repository. The path, Git exclusion, lifecycle and compatibility changes are safeguards for that placement. Defaults and provider behavior are unchanged. This does not claim prior maintainer approval.
Verification
Final integrated content: TMPDIR=/private/tmp vp run check:changed --concurrency 2 passed, including 780 tests in 14 files, format, lint, knip, generated GraphQL checks and affected-package typechecks.
Synthetic Git regressions cover separate repositories using the same branch, subdirectory/linked projects, PR-as-thread creation, git add -A without a gitlink, ignore negations, concurrent creation, unsafe paths, foreign worktrees, and cleanup/recreation after changing or resetting the setting.
Independent Codex gpt-6.1-sol High review found no actionable findings in the full patch or the subsequent integration delta. Its final reruns passed settings browser tests (4/4) and worktree/submodule tests (7/7).
Real isolated dev UI: saved the relative location and confirmed it persisted after reload. The captures below compare the upstream component with the integrated component using synthetic state.
Before
After
A separate real-provider experiment on the previously reviewed build used fresh Claude Code 2.1.316 / Opus 5.5 High sessions in synthetic main and T3-created nested checkouts. Both prepared requests and responses contained the synthetic ancestor and main-local instruction markers, with zero tool calls. The ignored main-local file was absent from the nested checkout. This demonstrates automatic inheritance rather than a tool reading or copying that file. The experiment predates the rebase; integration did not change worktree placement or the Claude adapter, and it was not repeated.
Limits: one successful sample per condition and no external-worktree negative control in that run, so this is not a complete before/after or universal provider claim. Windows/Linux runtime, remote connections and the older-Git fallback were not verified. The initial invalid control was excluded from the positive evidence.
Implemented with Claude Code Opus 5.5 High through T3 Code. Coordinated and independently reviewed with Codex gpt-6.1-sol High through T3 Code.
The change adds repository-relative worktree locations under each repository’s main checkout. It adds destination validation and Git exclusion handling, updates managed-path checks for recovery and cleanup, and lets the settings UI check whether connected servers support relative locations.
The environment capability identifies servers that support relative worktree locations. The settings UI rejects relative values when a connected server lacks that capability. The server validates relative directory segments, and the documentation describes placement and restrictions.
Create worktrees inside the main checkout apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore*, apps/server/src/vcs/worktreeList.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts
Worktree creation resolves relative locations against the main checkout and validates destination paths. For in-project worktrees, it adds a pattern to Git’s local exclude file and checks that Git ignores the path. Tests cover accepted and refused locations, concurrent creation, and path resolution.
Identify and clean up managed worktrees apps/server/src/vcs/managedWorktreePaths*, apps/server/src/vcs/worktreeRemoval.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup*
Managed-path checks recognize configured project-local worktree directories. Cleanup verifies the worktree’s repository registration before removal and rechecks it during final validation. Tests cover worktrees in other repositories and neighboring native worktrees.
Startup and checkpoint rollback check whether a missing worktree path is managed for the associated project before recreating it. Runtime and test layers provide the Git VCS driver to these services.
Relative worktree locations are added with path-safety checks, local Git exclusion, and cleanup and recovery safeguards. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified. Windows, remote connections and older-Git behavior were not exercised, so owners may want to watch those paths after release.
Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1
Failed checks: 1 warning
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Out of Scope Changes check
The relative-location implementation, Git exclusion, and worktree ownership and cleanup safeguards support issue #27656. The incremental changes since the previous review also add unrelated behavior: …
Remove or separate the unrelated review-diff, status-refresh, branch-name, side-chat, provider-fork, pnpm-manifest, and subagent-settlement changes. Retain the changes that implement relative worktree locations and their required safety, co…
Passed checks: 3 passed
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Title check
The title clearly summarizes the main change: support for repository-relative worktree locations.
Description check
The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the behavior, scope rationale, tests, UI evidence, and verification limits.
Linked Issues check
Issue #27656 requires worktrees to use a repository-local location so Claude can inherit instructions from the main checkout and its parent folders. GitVcsDriverCore resolves relative locations agai…
Full details: Linked Issues check
Explanation
Issue #27656 requires worktrees to use a repository-local location so Claude can inherit instructions from the main checkout and its parent folders. GitVcsDriverCore resolves relative locations against each repository’s main checkout, including subdirectory and linked-worktree projects, and requires an absolute location for bare repositories. Its tests cover these placements and Git exclusion. The PR does not copy instruction files or change Claude adapters. The reported Claude-provider sample was limited and was not repeated after rebase, but the required placement behavior is covered.
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check
Explanation
The relative-location implementation, Git exclusion, and worktree ownership and cleanup safeguards support issue #27656. The incremental changes since the previous review also add unrelated behavior: GitVcsDriverCore.ts changes review-diff handling, status refresh, and branch-name resolution; ProviderTurnStartService.ts changes side-chat policy and provider-thread forking; storageCleanup.ts adds pnpm manifest parsing and subagent settlement-chain cleanup. These changes do not support repository-relative worktree placement.
Resolution
Remove or separate the unrelated review-diff, status-refresh, branch-name, side-chat, provider-fork, pnpm-manifest, and subagent-settlement changes. Retain the changes that implement relative worktree locations and their required safety, compatibility, and lifecycle behavior.
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merged current main into the contributor branch without rebasing (f2cc2530c2), then one follow-up commit (0a7e737176). no feature change.
conflicts: kept main's fast worktree checkout capability, docs section, workspace lease and worktreePathReason refactor in storage cleanup, and the hashed worktree directory names. the PR's in-project path check now lives in worktreePathReason (which takes the project root), and the registration check belongsToProject runs at both branch checks, inside main's lease.
main now always appends a hash to generated worktree folder names, so the PR's tests that expected exact names (feature-relative-dir etc.) now assert the parent folder plus a <branch>-<16 hex> name.
main added a 200-character lint cap on settings descriptions. shortened the Worktree location description to 198 characters, same facts.
blacksmith vp run check:changed against main passed: format, lint, both knip passes, graphql, typecheck of 37 packages, 15 test files, react compiler check.
runtime on this head (linux, isolated dev home): saved .claude/worktrees in Settings → Worktrees and it was still set in a fresh browser session (also in server settings.json). t3 thread start --worktree main with the free Replay provider created <repo>/.claude/worktrees/takeover-relative-check-e7ab096adb746c12 and finished the turn. git worktree list shows it registered, info/exclude has /.claude/worktrees/, parent git status is clean and git add -A -n stages nothing.
the earlier before/after captures below show the previous description wording.
CodeRabbit's out-of-scope check on the new head is wrong: it counted main's commits brought in by the merge. git diff github/main...HEAD touches only the 24 worktree-location files.
unverified on this head: Claude instruction inheritance, desktop/mobile clients, macOS/Windows, remote connections.
earlier takeover update
merged current main without rebasing and pushed d0f02f6dc9d3c7681adff9965537bcb2863500e3 to the existing contributor branch. kept the path guard, main's branch handling, and the shared replay driver with its crypto service. supplied the same crypto service in two existing test layers after reproducing their missing-digest failure. no feature expansion.
blacksmith vp run check:changed github/main passed: format, lint, both knip passes, graphql generation, typecheck across 36 affected packages, 793 tests in 14 files, and the scoped react compiler check. two independent reviews approved this exact head with no remaining findings.
checked the merged app in chrome: .claude/worktrees saves across reload. the client/server launch path created /home/user/takeover-worktree-runtime/.claude/worktrees/takeover-runtime-verification and completed a free replay turn. git confirms registration, the local exclude entry, and clean parent status. this replay verifies placement and orchestration, not provider-specific instruction inheritance.
existing before/after evidence and real-provider verification below are from the original contributor head. platform and provider limitations below remain unverified in this takeover.
Verified in a real dev environment
verified as-is at 0176b6600f67f88ec62bd2e15776f49d70a7f995 on linux. used separate main/pr checkouts, one background dev server at a time, repo Playwright with /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the web composer. no mocks or seeded conversations.
reproduced on github/main (30084f0018): save .claude/worktrees, select new worktree, submit. workspace preparation fails because the location must be absolute.
repeated on this head with the same repository and prompt: the app creates /home/user/worktree-verification/.claude/worktrees/t3-c01f9d15. Codex runs there, reports its branch, and writes verification.txt.
Git confirms the worktree registration and /.claude/worktrees/ in local info/exclude. parent status stays clean, including after git add -A; no gitlink is staged.
reset the location setting and continued the existing thread. Codex stays in the nested worktree, reads its file and appends reset-setting-ok.
created another new-worktree thread after reset. Codex runs in the default <t3-home>/worktrees/worktree-verification/t3-1587963e and writes default-verification.txt.
focused checks through Blacksmith: 485 tests passed in 5 files covering worktree locations, managed paths, Git VCS, cleanup and provider turn startup. the head currently has 26 successful CI checks and no pending/failing checks.
before, main rejects the relative location:
after, the same prompt completes on this head:
matching settings before and after:
command transcript. inspected the captures and verified uploaded video playback and seeking in T3's browser.
Not verified
Claude's automatic ancestor/main-checkout instruction inheritance: Claude is unauthenticated on this VM. Codex proves placement and provider execution, not that Claude-specific claim. native desktop/mobile clients, macOS/Windows, remote/relay connections and older Git fallback were not exercised. cleanup/recreation safeguards were covered by existing tests, not an additional interactive deletion/recovery scenario. no code changes or pushes were needed.
Unverified finding
Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.
Reuse the existing containment helper and share realLocation with the managed-path predicate.
isWithin (Lines 4160-4163) repeats the logic of isPathWithinRoot, which makeGitVcsDriverCore already defines at Line 3582. Reuse isPathWithinRoot.
realLocation (Lines 4151-4159) is also implemented in apps/server/src/vcs/managedWorktreePaths.ts. That copy carries the comment "Match Git's symlink-following location".
Creation uses this copy. Cleanup and recovery use the other. If the two diverge, creation can place a worktree where the predicate no longer treats it as managed, so cleanup and recovery skip it. Move realLocation into one shared helper that takes FileSystem and Path.
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Problem
Claude sessions in T3's external worktrees miss gitignored instructions in the main checkout and instructions above that checkout. The existing absolute Worktree location cannot place worktrees inside each of several repositories. Fixes #27656.
Change
Allow a relative value such as
.claude/worktreesin the existing Worktree location setting. Resolve it separately against each repository's main checkout, including projects opened in subdirectories or linked worktrees. Defaults and existing worktrees retain their behavior. Absolute locations keep the same placement, but absolute and explicit destinations inside a checkout are also subject to the new path-safety and Git-exclusion checks. Bare repositories require an absolute location.Before creating an in-repository worktree, reject unsafe paths, symlinks, tracked-file collisions and nesting inside another linked worktree. Add an escaped local Git exclusion under a shared lock and verify it actually ignores the destination, including against
.gitignorenegations, beforegit worktree add. Cleanup and recreation check the saved thread association and Git repository identity; setting changes and resets preserve existing paths without adopting neighboring native worktrees.An optional server capability prevents the shared web/desktop setting from sending relative values to older servers. Pasted-path normalization is preserved. There are no Claude adapter changes, copied instructions or migrations.
Scope and approval
This uses the focused-configuration route in CONTRIBUTING.md: worktree creation and its location setting already exist; this only makes that location relative to each repository. The path, Git exclusion, lifecycle and compatibility changes are safeguards for that placement. Defaults and provider behavior are unchanged. This does not claim prior maintainer approval.
Verification
TMPDIR=/private/tmp vp run check:changed --concurrency 2passed, including 780 tests in 14 files, format, lint, knip, generated GraphQL checks and affected-package typechecks.git add -Awithout a gitlink, ignore negations, concurrent creation, unsafe paths, foreign worktrees, and cleanup/recreation after changing or resetting the setting.A separate real-provider experiment on the previously reviewed build used fresh Claude Code 2.1.316 / Opus 5.5 High sessions in synthetic main and T3-created nested checkouts. Both prepared requests and responses contained the synthetic ancestor and main-local instruction markers, with zero tool calls. The ignored main-local file was absent from the nested checkout. This demonstrates automatic inheritance rather than a tool reading or copying that file. The experiment predates the rebase; integration did not change worktree placement or the Claude adapter, and it was not repeated.
Limits: one successful sample per condition and no external-worktree negative control in that run, so this is not a complete before/after or universal provider claim. Windows/Linux runtime, remote connections and the older-Git fallback were not verified. The initial invalid control was excluded from the positive evidence.
Implemented with Claude Code Opus 5.5 High through T3 Code. Coordinated and independently reviewed with Codex gpt-6.1-sol High through T3 Code.