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fix(server): launching a worktree thread on a taken branch name no longer fails #29228

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
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Expand Up @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
submodules,
});
if (input.newRefName && input.baseRefName) {
yield* shareBranchBase(input.cwd, input.newRefName);
yield* shareBranchBase(input.cwd, result.worktree.refName);
}
return result;
});
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts
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Expand Up @@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
path: null,
},
{
renameBranchIfTaken: true,
progress: {
onWorktreeClaimed: (path) =>
Effect.sync(() => {
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts
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Expand Up @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ export interface CreateWorktreeOptions {
/** Null or omitted defers to the checkout's t3.json. */
readonly submodules?: WorktreeSubmodules | null;
readonly worktreesDirectory?: string;
/** Suffixes `newRefName` when that branch exists; the result names the branch used. */
readonly renameBranchIfTaken?: boolean;
}

export interface GitCommitProgress {
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68 changes: 68 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts
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// @effect-diagnostics nodeBuiltinImport:off - realpathSync.native resolves Windows 8.3 short names, which the Effect realPath does not.
import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
import * as NodeURL from "node:url";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3988,6 +3989,73 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("GitVcsDriver core integration", (it) => {
}
}),
);

it.effect("suffixes a requested branch that already exists when asked to", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const cwd = yield* makeTmpDir();
const { initialBranch } = yield* initRepoWithCommit(cwd);
const path = yield* Path.Path;
const driver = yield* GitVcsDriver.GitVcsDriver;
yield* git(cwd, ["branch", "feature/taken"]);
yield* writeTextFile(cwd, "later.txt", "later\n");
yield* git(cwd, ["add", "."]);
yield* git(cwd, ["commit", "-m", "later"]);
const takenHead = yield* git(cwd, ["rev-parse", "feature/taken"]);

const created = yield* driver.createWorktree(
{
cwd,
path: path.join(yield* makeTmpDir("git-worktrees-"), "taken"),
refName: initialBranch,
newRefName: "feature/taken",
baseRefName: initialBranch,
},
{ renameBranchIfTaken: true },
);

assert.equal(created.worktree.refName, "feature/taken-1");
assert.equal(
yield* git(created.worktree.path, ["branch", "--show-current"]),
"feature/taken-1",
);
assert.equal(
yield* git(created.worktree.path, ["rev-parse", "HEAD"]),
yield* git(cwd, ["rev-parse", initialBranch]),
);
assert.equal(yield* git(cwd, ["rev-parse", "feature/taken"]), takenHead);
assert.equal(
yield* git(cwd, ["config", "branch.feature/taken-1.t3-merge-base"]),
initialBranch,
);

// Another launch takes the free name between the check and `git branch`.
const delegate = yield* ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner;
const spawner = ChildProcessSpawner.make((command) => {
if (
ChildProcess.isStandardCommand(command) &&
command.args.includes("--no-track") &&
command.args.includes("feature/taken-2")
) {
NodeChildProcess.execFileSync("git", ["-C", cwd, "branch", "feature/taken-2"]);
}
return delegate.spawn(command);
});
const racingDriver = yield* makeGitVcsDriverCore().pipe(
Effect.provideService(ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner, spawner),
Effect.provide(layerServerConfig),
);
const raced = yield* racingDriver.createWorktree(
{
cwd,
path: path.join(yield* makeTmpDir("git-worktrees-"), "raced"),
refName: initialBranch,
newRefName: "feature/taken",
},
{ renameBranchIfTaken: true },
);
assert.equal(raced.worktree.refName, "feature/taken-3");
}),
);
it.effect.each(["commit", "short-commit", "tag", "revision"] as const)(
"creates a worktree from a %s without recording it as a PR base",
(kind) =>
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47 changes: 29 additions & 18 deletions apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4120,25 +4120,45 @@ export const makeGitVcsDriverCore = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverCore")(function*
)(function* (input, options) {
yield* refuseOptionLikeRefName("GitVcsDriver.createWorktree", input.cwd, input.refName);
yield* refuseOptionLikeRefName("GitVcsDriver.createWorktree", input.cwd, input.newRefName);
const targetBranch = input.newRefName ?? input.refName;
// Resolve sub/.. before taking the basename.
const repoName = path.basename(path.resolve(input.cwd));
let worktreePath = input.path;
if (worktreePath == null) {
const parentDir = resolveWorktreesDirectory(
let parentDir = "";
if (input.path == null) {
const resolvedParentDir = resolveWorktreesDirectory(
options?.worktreesDirectory ?? "",
worktreesDir,
path,
yield* HostProcess.HomeDirectory,
);
if (parentDir === null) {
if (resolvedParentDir === null) {
return yield* new GitCommandError({
operation: "GitVcsDriver.createWorktree",
command: "git worktree add",
cwd: input.cwd,
detail: `The worktree location "${options?.worktreesDirectory}" must be an absolute folder on this machine, not a drive root. Change it in Settings → Worktrees.`,
});
}
parentDir = resolvedParentDir;
}
const createBranchNamed = (branch: string) =>
// Kept apart from the checkout so the shared-config lock only covers the tracking write.
createBranchAt(
"GitVcsDriver.createWorktree.createBranch",
{ cwd: input.cwd, branch, startPoint: input.refName },
"git worktree add failed",
).pipe(Effect.as(branch));
const newRefName = !input.newRefName
? undefined
: options?.renameBranchIfTaken
? yield* resolveAvailableBranchName(input.cwd, input.newRefName).pipe(
Effect.flatMap(createBranchNamed),

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sed -n '4100,4230p' apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts
git diff 47f2c8d29e981c7723467efe137ee19e91df924e HEAD -- apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts | head -200
rg -n 'resolveBranchBase' apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 10435

Script executed:

set -o pipefail
sed -n '3740,3835p' apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts
printf '\n--- remote/base test references ---\n'
rg -n -F --glob 'GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts' -e 'remote-only' -e 'baseRefName' -e 'resolveBranchBase' -e 'origin/' apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '\n--- nearby test blocks ---\n'
sed -n '6200,6460p' apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 7923

Script executed:

nl -ba apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts | sed -n '4188,4240p'

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 2565

Script executed:

nl -ba apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts | sed -n '4288,4325p'

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 1499

Resolve the base before creating the branch.

When baseRefName equals newRefName and only origin/release/v2 exists, the new local branch shadows the remote ref during resolveBranchBase. The driver then stores release/v2 as its own base and omits the remote base ref.

Resolve and retain the base before creating the local branch. The existing remote-only test does not detect this case because it uses newRefName: "feature/remote" while testing release/v2 as the base.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts at line 4152:
Reorder the flow around `Effect.flatMap(createBranchNamed)` so
`resolveBranchBase` resolves and retains the base before creating the local
branch, including when `baseRefName` equals `newRefName`. Carry the resolved
remote base reference through branch creation and persist it rather than
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// A concurrent launch can take the free name between the check and `git branch`.
Effect.retry({ while: (error) => error.reason === "branch_already_exists", times: 5 }),
)
: yield* createBranchNamed(input.newRefName);
const targetBranch = newRefName ?? input.refName;
let worktreePath = input.path;
if (worktreePath == null) {
// Resolve sub/.. before taking the basename.
const repoName = path.basename(path.resolve(input.cwd));
let directoryName = targetBranch.replace(/\//g, "-");
// Leave room for files beneath the worktree on Windows, regardless of branch length.
if (directoryName.length > 40) {
Expand All @@ -4151,23 +4171,15 @@ export const makeGitVcsDriverCore = Effect.fn("makeGitVcsDriverCore")(function*
}
worktreePath = path.join(parentDir, repoName, directoryName);
}
if (input.newRefName) {
// Kept apart from the checkout so the shared-config lock only covers the tracking write.
yield* createBranchAt(
"GitVcsDriver.createWorktree.createBranch",
{ cwd: input.cwd, branch: input.newRefName, startPoint: input.refName },
"git worktree add failed",
);
}
const args = ["worktree", "add", "--", worktreePath, input.newRefName ?? input.refName];
const args = ["worktree", "add", "--", worktreePath, targetBranch];
const progress = options?.progress;
const onCheckoutProgress = progress?.onCheckoutProgress;

// Both reads leave the repository alone, so they share one round trip before the checkout.
const [configuredCheckoutWorkers, base] = yield* Effect.all(
[
readConfigValue(input.cwd, "checkout.workers"),
input.newRefName && input.baseRefName
newRefName && input.baseRefName
? resolveBranchBase(input.cwd, input.baseRefName)
: Effect.succeed(null),
],
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);
}

const newRefName = input.newRefName;
if (newRefName && base) {
yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
yield* writeConfigValue({
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