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feat(worktrees): optionally create worktrees with git-worktree-fast on macOS - #28727
On large repositories, most of the time T3 spends creating a worktree goes into git worktree add writing every tracked file. On T3 Code's own repository (29,079 files), each new thread worktree takes about 6.8 s on an M3 Ultra. On macOS, git-worktree-fast is a drop-in for git worktree add that clones a commit the user prepared earlier from an APFS copy-on-write cache. It produces ordinary linked worktrees: they appear in git worktree list and git worktree remove removes them. T3 has no way to use it.
Speed comparison
Machine and inputs: M3 Ultra, macOS 27.2, APFS, Git 2.54.0 (Apple Git-157), and git-worktree-fast 0.1.1 at the pinned revision. The repository is a local clone of T3 Code at 1d626d02d9 (29,079 tracked files). Its commit was prepared once with git worktree-fast prepare (4.3 s). The two modes ran in alternation, and every worktree-fast run hit the cache (checked with WORKTREE_FAST_TRACE=1).
End to end, through T3's GitVcsDriver.createWorktree. This includes branch creation, the add, and the post-checkout steps. There were 10 runs per mode after a warm-up, and worktrees were removed between runs.
Backend
Median
Mean ± σ
Range
Stock git worktree add
6.77 s
6.87 s ± 0.30 s
6.58 s to 7.53 s
git worktree-fast add
1.57 s
1.57 s ± 0.19 s
1.31 s to 1.89 s
That's about 4.3× faster per new thread worktree.
The exact command T3 runs, git -c checkout.workers=0 {worktree,worktree-fast} add -- PATH BRANCH, measured with hyperfine -N --warmup 2 --runs 15:
Command
Mean ± σ
Range
System time
git worktree add
6.441 s ± 0.088 s
6.333 s to 6.683 s
30.8 s
git worktree-fast add
1.237 s ± 0.229 s
1.011 s to 1.535 s
0.85 s
That's 5.21 ± 0.97× faster, with about 36× less system CPU time, since the clone doesn't write each file.
A commit that hasn't been prepared costs the same as stock Git, because git-worktree-fast hands it to Git's checkout.
Change
Setting. A per-machine server setting, enableWorktreeFast, defaults to false. It decodes to false for existing settings.json files, so current behavior is unchanged unless the user turns it on.
Availability. It travels through the existing environment capabilities channel. macOS servers add worktreeFast: { installed } to the descriptor, and installed comes from git worktree-fast --version exiting 0. The probe result is cached for a minute, so installing the tool shows up after a reload without a server restart. Other platforms omit the capability, so the option is never offered there. Older servers omit it as well.
Creation.GitVcsDriverCore.createWorktree builds the same argument list it always has and swaps only the subcommand when the setting is on and the host is macOS:
The new path runs git -c checkout.workers=N worktree-fast add -- PATH REF.
Every creation path (new thread worktrees, PR threads, MCP, rollback restores) already goes through GitManager, which now passes the setting alongside worktreesDirectory. Before the fast attempt, the driver creates the destination's parent folder. The bundled 0.2.0 does this itself, but a git-worktree-fast before 0.2.0 on the user's PATH (which wins over the bundled copy) hands a missing parent to Git's slow checkout instead of using its cache.
Fallback. If git worktree-fast add fails for any reason (tool missing at runtime, unsupported setup, a Git error), the driver logs a warning and runs stock git worktree add. That retry happens only when the failed attempt left nothing at the destination; otherwise the original error is reported, so a leftover folder can't turn into a misleading "already exists" error. Removal still uses stock Git.
Bundled with the macOS desktop app, so most users don't need to install anything:
Pin.native/worktree-fast/source.json pins the upstream repository and commit.
Build. On macOS, scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts gets a stageWorktreeFast step that runs cargo install --locked --git … --rev … for each Rust target (lipo'd for universal builds). It ships the binary as the worktree-fast/git-worktree-fast extra resource, excluded from the asar like the other helpers, and the macOS preflight now requires cargo unless both Rust helpers are reused.
CI.release-desktop.yml caches the binary per Rust target, keyed on source.json. Rust setup also runs on a cache miss, and T3CODE_DESKTOP_REUSE_WORKTREE_FAST skips the build on a hit, matching how the Linux capture helpers work.
Runtime. The desktop backend passes worktreeFastPath to the server through the bootstrap config, the same way resourceMonitorPath travels. The server appends that folder to PATH for the probe and for git worktree-fast add, so a copy the user installed still takes precedence.
License.third-party-licenses.config.json gets an MIT notice for git-worktree-fast.
No change for other installs.npx t3 and the standalone CLI don't bundle it; on those, the settings row shows the install command.
Settings UI. Settings → Worktrees → Creation → Advanced has a new Use git-worktree-fast switch, next to Submodules. It shows only for machine scope, and only when every selected machine reports the capability, matching Worktree location. When the tool is missing, the switch is disabled (it can still be turned off) and the row shows cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/mweinbach/worktree-fast.git git-worktree-fast. It is also in settings search, and docs/user/project-settings.md gets a short section.
Surfaces I left alone: mobile's server controls and the MCP t3_environment_preferences_update tool. Neither exposes Worktree location either, and changing the MCP schema would need evals. The option doesn't run git worktree-fast prepare or auto enable for the user. Preparing commits is the user's choice because it uses disk space, and the setting's description and the user docs point to it.
One thing to know: git-worktree-fast keys its cache on the repository's core.*, checkout.*, filter.* and submodule.* Git config. Changing that config after preparing a commit causes a miss, which then costs the same as stock Git.
Scope and approval
There is no prior issue or discussion for this. I'm submitting it as a focused configuration option for an established capability. T3 already creates worktrees with git worktree add; this option only chooses which command performs that checkout, keeps the same arguments and resulting worktree, and is off by default. Bundling the binary is what makes the option usable without a separate Rust toolchain install. If maintainers would rather discuss direction first, or would like bundling split into its own PR, I'm happy to do either.
Verification
Focused tests:
packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts: an empty settings file decodes enableWorktreeFast to false, and a stored true is kept.
apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.test.ts: the capability is { installed: true } on macOS when the tool is on PATH, and also when it is found only in the bundled folder. It is { installed: false } when the tool is missing, and absent on Linux.
apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: a table over a stubbed spawner. On macOS with the setting on:
fast add succeeds: only worktree-fast add runs;
fast add fails: worktree add runs next and the worktree is created;
fast add fails and leaves a folder: the error is returned and nothing is retried.
With the setting off, or on Linux, only worktree add runs. Every worktree-fast invocation receives PATH followed by the bundled folder.
apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendConfiguration.test.ts: a packaged resources/worktree-fast/git-worktree-fast reaches bootstrap.worktreeFastPath on macOS and is not passed on Linux.
vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, and typecheck across 39 packages, and all changed and nearby tests pass except two. Those two fail identically on unmodified main on macOS because temp paths resolve to /private/var: "publishes proven install ownership only for manually updated servers" and "keeps generated worktree folders short without changing long branch names".
Manual checks with throwaway tests that weren't committed:
Build step.stageWorktreeFast with the arm64 target, both building via cargo install and reusing the cached output, staged an executable (mode 755) that reported git-worktree-fast 0.1.1 at the original pin. After the bump to 0.2.0 (0bde628, which adds auto enable), the same cargo install --locked --git … --rev … --target aarch64-apple-darwin builds and reports git-worktree-fast 0.2.0.
Bundled binary only. With ~/.cargo/bin removed from PATH and worktreeFastPath pointing at the built binary, the real driver created a worktree on the T3 Code clone and git-worktree-fast reported created from APFS checkout cache.
Installed binary. A worktree created through the driver with the installed binary showed in git worktree list with a clean status, and git worktree remove removed it.
Fallback. With the binary unreachable, the driver logged the fallback and created the worktree with stock Git.
Settings UI. Against a local dev server, the toggle persisted "enableWorktreeFast": true. For the not-installed capture, I started the server with git-worktree-fast hidden from its PATH and from login-shell PATH hydration.
Before
After, installed (switched on)
After, not installed
Not checked:
A signed and notarized DMG from the release workflow. The workflow changes mirror the existing capture-helper cache and haven't run in CI.
Creating a thread worktree from the full UI with a real provider turn.
Mobile.
A non-APFS destination volume; git-worktree-fast hands those to stock Git itself.
Maintainer follow-up: rebased onto main, pinned the Settings install command to the revision in native/worktree-fast/source.json (it pointed at upstream HEAD), and shortened the setting description for the new description-length lint rule. Proved with vp run check:changed (all pass) and a web typecheck. Reviewed with sol-loop: 1 pass with GPT-6.1 Sol. Sol verdict: approved.
Implemented by Claude Opus 5.5 via the Cursor harness in T3 Code.
Follow-up commit by Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code in T3 Code.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds optional fast worktree creation on macOS with a pinned bundled helper. Standard Git remains the default, and fallback avoids retrying over a destination left by a failed fast checkout.
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This change packages git-worktree-fast for macOS, passes its executable path through desktop bootstrap, and reports tool availability. It adds a server setting and settings UI. When enabled on macOS, worktree creation tries the fast command and falls back to regular Git if a failed attempt leaves no destination.
Changes: git-worktree-fast
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Summary
Build and package the executable native/worktree-fast/source.json, .github/workflows/release-desktop.yml, scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts, third-party-licenses.config.json, apps/web/tsconfig.json
The macOS desktop build stages and packages the pinned executable. The release workflow caches it, and the desktop license configuration adds its notice.
Pass the executable path and report availability packages/contracts/src/desktopBootstrap.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendConfiguration.ts, apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendConfiguration.test.ts, apps/server/src/cli/config.ts, apps/server/src/config.ts, apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.ts, apps/server/src/terminal/Manager.test.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.test.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/worktreeFast.ts
Desktop bootstrap passes the optional executable path to server configuration. On macOS, the server adds the executable directory to terminal PATH and reports whether the tool is installed.
Define and expose the enablement setting packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/WorktreesSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/useAvailableSettingsSearchItems.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md
The server setting defaults to off. The settings page and search expose the option based on connected environment capabilities. The documentation describes setup and fallback behavior.
Create worktrees with the fast command and fallback apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts
GitManager passes the setting to the Git driver. On macOS, the driver tries git worktree-fast add when enabled. It retries with git worktree add if the fast attempt fails and leaves no destination.
sequenceDiagram
participant GitManager
participant GitVcsDriverCore
participant Git
GitManager->>GitVcsDriverCore: Pass worktreeFast option
GitVcsDriverCore->>Git: Try git worktree-fast add on macOS when enabled
alt Fast command fails and destination is absent
GitVcsDriverCore->>Git: Run git worktree add
else Fast command succeeds or destination exists after failure
GitVcsDriverCore->>GitVcsDriverCore: Return result or propagate error
end
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pingdotgg/t3code#28354: The changes remove a newly created branch when worktree creation fails, but do not establish atomic branch and worktree creation.
pingdotgg/t3code#26851: The changes add an APFS clone-based worktree path for prepared commits, but do not implement sparse checkout or address the reported Windows configuration.
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- Line 4186: Resolve worktreePath against input.cwd before using it in the
makeDirectory and exists filesystem checks, so relative input.path values target
the same destination Git uses; preserve the existing fast-add and retry flow.
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- Line 4188: Update the `resolvedWorktreePath` destination check to avoid
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…n macOS (upstream pingdotgg#28727)
Applied from pingdotgg#28727 with Korean copy for its setting.
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- Around line 4315-4347: Before the stock `addWorktree("worktree")` retry in the
`addWorktree("worktree-fast", ...)` failure handler, reconcile any staging
registration created by this attempt: remove it only when it is provably
orphaned and points to the deleted staging path. Establish the registration’s
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…n macOS
Adds a per-machine Use git-worktree-fast setting under Settings > Worktrees > Advanced. macOS servers report whether the tool is installed through the environment capabilities, and the row explains how to install it when it is missing. When enabled, worktree creation runs git worktree-fast add with the same arguments as git worktree add and falls back to git worktree add if it fails.
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The macOS desktop build installs the git-worktree-fast revision pinned in native/worktree-fast/source.json and ships it as an extra resource. The desktop backend passes its path to the server, which searches it after PATH when probing availability and creating worktrees, so the option works without a separate install while a user's own install still wins. Release CI caches the built binary per Rust target.
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Show reset when machines disagree, hide the search result when no machine
supports the setting, resolve relative destinations against the repo, and
qualify the fallback wording in the docs.
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…epare
The bundled helper was only on PATH for worktree creation, so the
documented prepare step failed for users without their own install.
Append its directory to built-in terminal PATH on macOS after the
user's entries, point the setting and docs at that, and drop the
auto enable command the bundled 0.1.1 does not have.
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…consistent
Check a git-worktree-fast destination without collapsing `..`, so it matches
the path Git uses, and only offer the setting in search when every machine in
scope supports it, as the settings row requires.
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Bump the pinned revision to 0.2.0, which adds `auto enable` and creates a
missing parent folder itself, and document automatic preparation and how its
commit hook follows the app. T3 Code still creates the parent folder for older
copies on the user's PATH.
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…led revision
The settings row told users to install upstream HEAD. It now reads the
repository and rev from native/worktree-fast/source.json, the same pin the
macOS desktop app builds. Also shortens the setting description to pass the
settings description length lint rule from main.
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Problem
On large repositories, most of the time T3 spends creating a worktree goes into
git worktree addwriting every tracked file. On T3 Code's own repository (29,079 files), each new thread worktree takes about 6.8 s on an M3 Ultra. On macOS, git-worktree-fast is a drop-in forgit worktree addthat clones a commit the user prepared earlier from an APFS copy-on-write cache. It produces ordinary linked worktrees: they appear ingit worktree listandgit worktree removeremoves them. T3 has no way to use it.Speed comparison
Machine and inputs: M3 Ultra, macOS 27.2, APFS, Git 2.54.0 (Apple Git-157), and git-worktree-fast 0.1.1 at the pinned revision. The repository is a local clone of T3 Code at
1d626d02d9(29,079 tracked files). Its commit was prepared once withgit worktree-fast prepare(4.3 s). The two modes ran in alternation, and every worktree-fast run hit the cache (checked withWORKTREE_FAST_TRACE=1).End to end, through T3's
GitVcsDriver.createWorktree. This includes branch creation, the add, and the post-checkout steps. There were 10 runs per mode after a warm-up, and worktrees were removed between runs.git worktree addgit worktree-fast addThat's about 4.3× faster per new thread worktree.
The exact command T3 runs,
git -c checkout.workers=0 {worktree,worktree-fast} add -- PATH BRANCH, measured withhyperfine -N --warmup 2 --runs 15:git worktree addgit worktree-fast addThat's 5.21 ± 0.97× faster, with about 36× less system CPU time, since the clone doesn't write each file.
A commit that hasn't been prepared costs the same as stock Git, because git-worktree-fast hands it to Git's checkout.
Change
Setting. A per-machine server setting,
enableWorktreeFast, defaults tofalse. It decodes tofalsefor existingsettings.jsonfiles, so current behavior is unchanged unless the user turns it on.Availability. It travels through the existing environment capabilities channel. macOS servers add
worktreeFast: { installed }to the descriptor, andinstalledcomes fromgit worktree-fast --versionexiting 0. The probe result is cached for a minute, so installing the tool shows up after a reload without a server restart. Other platforms omit the capability, so the option is never offered there. Older servers omit it as well.Creation.
GitVcsDriverCore.createWorktreebuilds the same argument list it always has and swaps only the subcommand when the setting is on and the host is macOS:git -c checkout.workers=N worktree add -- PATH REF.git -c checkout.workers=N worktree-fast add -- PATH REF.Every creation path (new thread worktrees, PR threads, MCP, rollback restores) already goes through
GitManager, which now passes the setting alongsideworktreesDirectory. Before the fast attempt, the driver creates the destination's parent folder. The bundled 0.2.0 does this itself, but a git-worktree-fast before 0.2.0 on the user'sPATH(which wins over the bundled copy) hands a missing parent to Git's slow checkout instead of using its cache.Fallback. If
git worktree-fast addfails for any reason (tool missing at runtime, unsupported setup, a Git error), the driver logs a warning and runs stockgit worktree add. That retry happens only when the failed attempt left nothing at the destination; otherwise the original error is reported, so a leftover folder can't turn into a misleading "already exists" error. Removal still uses stock Git.Bundled with the macOS desktop app, so most users don't need to install anything:
native/worktree-fast/source.jsonpins the upstream repository and commit.scripts/build-desktop-artifact.tsgets astageWorktreeFaststep that runscargo install --locked --git … --rev …for each Rust target (lipo'd for universal builds). It ships the binary as theworktree-fast/git-worktree-fastextra resource, excluded from the asar like the other helpers, and the macOS preflight now requires cargo unless both Rust helpers are reused.release-desktop.ymlcaches the binary per Rust target, keyed onsource.json. Rust setup also runs on a cache miss, andT3CODE_DESKTOP_REUSE_WORKTREE_FASTskips the build on a hit, matching how the Linux capture helpers work.worktreeFastPathto the server through the bootstrap config, the same wayresourceMonitorPathtravels. The server appends that folder to PATH for the probe and forgit worktree-fast add, so a copy the user installed still takes precedence.third-party-licenses.config.jsongets an MIT notice for git-worktree-fast.npx t3and the standalone CLI don't bundle it; on those, the settings row shows the install command.Settings UI. Settings → Worktrees → Creation → Advanced has a new Use git-worktree-fast switch, next to Submodules. It shows only for machine scope, and only when every selected machine reports the capability, matching Worktree location. When the tool is missing, the switch is disabled (it can still be turned off) and the row shows
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/mweinbach/worktree-fast.git git-worktree-fast. It is also in settings search, anddocs/user/project-settings.mdgets a short section.Surfaces I left alone: mobile's server controls and the MCP
t3_environment_preferences_updatetool. Neither exposes Worktree location either, and changing the MCP schema would need evals. The option doesn't rungit worktree-fast prepareorauto enablefor the user. Preparing commits is the user's choice because it uses disk space, and the setting's description and the user docs point to it.One thing to know: git-worktree-fast keys its cache on the repository's
core.*,checkout.*,filter.*andsubmodule.*Git config. Changing that config after preparing a commit causes a miss, which then costs the same as stock Git.Scope and approval
There is no prior issue or discussion for this. I'm submitting it as a focused configuration option for an established capability. T3 already creates worktrees with
git worktree add; this option only chooses which command performs that checkout, keeps the same arguments and resulting worktree, and is off by default. Bundling the binary is what makes the option usable without a separate Rust toolchain install. If maintainers would rather discuss direction first, or would like bundling split into its own PR, I'm happy to do either.Verification
Focused tests:
packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts: an empty settings file decodesenableWorktreeFasttofalse, and a storedtrueis kept.apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.test.ts: the capability is{ installed: true }on macOS when the tool is on PATH, and also when it is found only in the bundled folder. It is{ installed: false }when the tool is missing, and absent on Linux.apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts: a table over a stubbed spawner. On macOS with the setting on:worktree-fast addruns;worktree addruns next and the worktree is created;With the setting off, or on Linux, only
worktree addruns. Everyworktree-fastinvocation receivesPATHfollowed by the bundled folder.apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendConfiguration.test.ts: a packagedresources/worktree-fast/git-worktree-fastreachesbootstrap.worktreeFastPathon macOS and is not passed on Linux.vp run check:changedpasses format, lint, knip, and typecheck across 39 packages, and all changed and nearby tests pass except two. Those two fail identically on unmodifiedmainon macOS because temp paths resolve to/private/var: "publishes proven install ownership only for manually updated servers" and "keeps generated worktree folders short without changing long branch names".Manual checks with throwaway tests that weren't committed:
stageWorktreeFastwith the arm64 target, both building viacargo installand reusing the cached output, staged an executable (mode 755) that reportedgit-worktree-fast 0.1.1at the original pin. After the bump to 0.2.0 (0bde628, which addsauto enable), the samecargo install --locked --git … --rev … --target aarch64-apple-darwinbuilds and reportsgit-worktree-fast 0.2.0.~/.cargo/binremoved fromPATHandworktreeFastPathpointing at the built binary, the real driver created a worktree on the T3 Code clone and git-worktree-fast reportedcreated from APFS checkout cache.git worktree listwith a clean status, andgit worktree removeremoved it."enableWorktreeFast": true. For the not-installed capture, I started the server with git-worktree-fast hidden from its PATH and from login-shell PATH hydration.Not checked:
Maintainer follow-up: rebased onto
main, pinned the Settings install command to the revision innative/worktree-fast/source.json(it pointed at upstream HEAD), and shortened the setting description for the new description-length lint rule. Proved withvp run check:changed(all pass) and a web typecheck. Reviewed with sol-loop: 1 pass with GPT-6.1 Sol. Sol verdict: approved.Implemented by Claude Opus 5.5 via the Cursor harness in T3 Code.
Follow-up commit by Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code in T3 Code.