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fix(web): a tool call's diff names its files relative to the workspace - #32697
Depends on #32684. Until that merges, this diff also contains its two commits (f6bef73, 717ebef). This PR's own change is the last two commits, c1853a1 and 245d53e: view them alone.
Claude records an edit with an absolute path or one relative to the project. With an absolute path, the patch starts --- /Users/…/docs/plan.md, and the diff panel shows that full path in the file header. Turn diffs, and edits recorded with a relative path, show a short one.
toolCallDiff now takes the workspace root and rewrites paths under it to relative ones in the patch's header lines (diff --git, ---, +++, rename from/rename to). The root comes off only where a header's path starts (after an optional quote and git's a/ or b/), with /, \ or a quoted \\ between segments, so Windows paths match too. Hunk lines, counted from each @@ header, are untouched even when they look like headers, and paths outside the workspace stay as recorded. The diff panel passes the thread's worktree or project root. Since #32684 it resolves a tool call's paths against that root, so clicking the header still opens the file. Without #32684, a project folder of a repository with a remote would lose that click, which is why this depends on it.
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toolCallDiff.test.ts "names files under the workspace relative to it, as recorded relative paths are": on main the header is /Users/me/project/docs/plan.md. The same case covers a second file after a hunk, a path that only contains the root (/backup/<root>/b.ts), hunk lines that start like headers, and a Windows path; each of those failed on this PR's first commit.
Live, web dev server, project apps/web of a local repository, one Claude Haiku 5.5 Edit turn that recorded /Users/Shared/t3-mono/apps/web/src/a.ts: main shows that path in the header (left); this branch shows src/a.ts (right).
Real data: 239 of 239 Claude file changes in a copy of my database had absolute paths. A Claude Haiku 5.5 Edit on 2026-11-08 recorded src/a.ts.
…sitory opens that file
A project can be a folder inside its repository, such as apps/web. Turn and
git diffs name files from the repository root (apps/web/src/a.ts), so
opening one has to know that root, while a tool call's diff names a file as
its agent recorded it, absolute or relative to the project. Two cases
opened the wrong file or nothing:
- No remote: the diff panel and the turn's changed files card took the root
from the project's repository identity, which exists only when the
repository has a remote. The path was taken as relative to the project,
and the Files panel opened apps/web/apps/web/src/a.ts, which doesn't
exist.
- With a remote: a tool call's diff with a relative path (Claude's Edit can
record src/a.ts) was read as repository-relative, didn't start with
apps/web, and clicking or right-clicking its header did nothing.
The diff panel and the card now take the root from git status
(`workingTree.rootPath`), which the diff panel and the chat view already
load and which needs no remote; for a worktree thread it is the worktree,
as before. A tool call's diff resolves its paths against the project only.
- DiffPanel: header click, and right-click Open, Reveal and Open with.
- Changed files card: right-click on a file. MessagesTimeline takes an
optional `repositoryRoot`, which the chat view passes from its git status.
- Mobile has no open-file action on diffs, so it needs no change.
Tests: DiffPanel.browser.test.tsx "opens a file from a diff in a project
inside its repository" (main opens apps/web/src/a.ts inside the project)
and "opens a file from a tool call's diff by the path its agent recorded"
(main opens nothing). Both open src/a.ts with this change.
User story: When my project is one folder of a bigger repository, clicking
a file in any diff opens that file, whether or not the repository has a
remote.
…loads
The diff panel and the changed files card now take the repository root
from git status. Until status loads, or if it fails, that root was missing,
so a repository-relative path in a project folder was read as relative to
the project, a case the repository identity used to cover when the
repository has a remote. The identity's root is now the fallback for a
thread that isn't in a worktree, as before this branch.
User story: When I click a file in a diff right after opening a thread, it
opens that file even if git status hasn't loaded yet.
Claude records an edit with an absolute path or one relative to the
workspace. With an absolute one, its patch starts
"--- /Users/…/docs/plan.md", and the diff panel showed that full path in
the file header.
`toolCallDiff` takes the workspace root and rewrites paths under it in
patch header lines (diff --git, ---, +++, rename from/to) to relative ones,
the same names the agent's relative paths already have. Hunk content is
untouched, and paths outside the workspace stay as recorded. The diff
panel passes the thread's worktree or project root, and resolves a tool
call's paths against it when a header is clicked, so the header still
opens its file.
Builds on "a file opened from a diff in a project folder inside a
repository opens that file": before it, a relative header in a project
folder of a repository with a remote opened nothing.
Tests: toolCallDiff.test.ts "names files under the workspace relative to
it, as recorded relative paths are" (main shows
/Users/me/project/docs/plan.md), and the DiffPanel.browser.test.tsx row
for an absolute path, whose header now reads src/a.ts and opens it.
User story: When I open the diff of one edit, its file header reads
docs/plan.md, not my home directory, and clicking it opens the file.
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🟠 Highlib/toolCallDiff.ts:64
An update header for a file outside the workspace is rewritten to a false filename: with root /home/me/repo, --- /backup/home/me/repo/file.ts becomes --- /backup/file.ts. replaceAll removes the root wherever it appears in a header rather than only at the start of the pathname; strip it only at the pathname’s leading boundary while preserving any diff-side prefix.
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In file @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts around line 64:
An update header for a file outside the workspace is rewritten to a false filename: with root `/home/me/repo`, `--- /backup/home/me/repo/file.ts` becomes `--- /backup/file.ts`. `replaceAll` removes the root wherever it appears in a header rather than only at the start of the pathname; strip it only at the pathname’s leading boundary while preserving any diff-side prefix.
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Fixed in 245d53e. The root now comes off only where a header's path starts, after an optional quote and git's a/ or b/, compared segment by segment. --- /backup/<root>/b.ts stays as recorded; the test covers it.
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🟠 Highlib/toolCallDiff.ts:60
A removed hunk line such as --- /home/me/repo/file is rewritten to --- file, so the preview no longer shows the content of the actual edit. HEADER_LINE.test also matches hunk content because this mapping does not track whether it is inside a hunk; restrict path rewriting to diff headers before hunk content.
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In file @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts around lines 60-67:
A removed hunk line such as `--- /home/me/repo/file` is rewritten to `--- file`, so the preview no longer shows the content of the actual edit. `HEADER_LINE.test` also matches hunk content because this mapping does not track whether it is inside a hunk; restrict path rewriting to diff headers before hunk content.
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Fixed in 245d53e, but not with the suggested inHunk flag: it never resets, so a second file's headers after the first hunk would keep their absolute paths. Hunk lines are now counted from each @@ header's line counts and left alone, and the next file's headers are still rewritten. The test covers a removed -- <root>/x line, an added ++ <root>/x line, and a second file.
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🟠 Highlib/toolCallDiff.ts:59
On Windows, relativeHeaderPaths leaves absolute paths such as C:\\repo\\src\\a.ts in the diff headers, so they are not made workspace-relative. root is normalized to forward slashes, but the JSON-quoted headers contain escaped backslashes; include the escaped Windows prefix when matching them.
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In file @apps/web/src/lib/toolCallDiff.ts around line 59:
On Windows, `relativeHeaderPaths` leaves absolute paths such as `C:\\repo\\src\\a.ts` in the diff headers, so they are not made workspace-relative. `root` is normalized to forward slashes, but the JSON-quoted headers contain escaped backslashes; include the escaped Windows prefix when matching them.
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Fixed in 245d53e. Segments match across /, \ or the \\ a quoted header escapes, ignoring case for a drive-letter root, so "a/C:\\repo\\src\\a.ts" with root c:\repo becomes src\a.ts. The test covers it.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This change aligns tool-call diff filenames and file navigation with the workspace while retaining repository-relative paths for other diffs. The reported path-normalization and preview issues remain subject to the separate correctness gate; no additional material operational or product risk was identified.
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Chat and diff components now select repository roots according to Git status and thread worktree state. Tool-call diff headers can be normalized against the active workspace root, and diff actions use roots selected for their diff source.
ChatView selects the Git status root when available. Otherwise, it uses the project repository root only when the thread has no worktree path. The timeline passes the selected root to changed-file context-menu actions.
DiffPanel uses the active repository root for Git and turn diff paths. Tool-call paths retain provider-recorded handling, and toolCallDiff can strip workspace-root prefixes from patch headers. Tests cover path normalization and opening files from project and tool-call diffs.
The change displays diff paths relative to the active workspace while preserving file-opening behavior in the described cases. No concrete merge-blocking risk is supported, so it is ready for normal checks.
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- Around line 53-68: Update relativeHeaderPaths so workspace prefixes are
removed only when they begin a header path token, accounting for header markers,
optional quotes, and a/ or b/ prefixes, and only once per path token. Preserve
paths outside the workspace and add an assertion to the existing
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…re they start
The rewrite removed the workspace root anywhere in a header line, and
matched hunk lines that look like headers, so `--- /backup/<root>/file.ts`
became `--- /backup/file.ts`, and a removed line whose text is
`-- <root>/x` lost its root. Windows paths, which a quoted header escapes
as `C:\\repo\\…`, never matched a root normalized to forward slashes.
The root now comes off only where a header's path starts, after an
optional quote and git's a/ or b/ prefix, compared segment by segment with
/, \ or an escaped \\ between them, ignoring case for a drive-letter root.
Hunk lines are counted from each @@ header and left alone, so a second
file's headers after a hunk are still rewritten.
User story: When an edit's diff shows a file outside my project, or a
line that happens to start like a header, it shows them as recorded, and
on Windows the header reads src\a.ts instead of the full path.
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Main's pingdotgg#33139 (920ffcd) stops the preceding test from scheduling the announcement that made OpenInPicker.browser.test.tsx fail on this branch's last run. Merges 99 commits from main with no conflicts.
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Merged current main (merge commit, no rebase). Main's #28571 narrowed the chat view's git status to the fields it reads, which dropped workingTree.rootPath and broke this PR's typecheck in ChatView.tsx. Fixed by adding rootPath to chatGitStatusAtom's projection; it is a stable string, so the chat view still skips re-renders when file counts change.
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Depends on #32684. Until that merges, this diff also contains its two commits (
f6bef73,717ebef). This PR's own change is the last two commits,c1853a1and245d53e: view them alone.Claude records an edit with an absolute path or one relative to the project. With an absolute path, the patch starts
--- /Users/…/docs/plan.md, and the diff panel shows that full path in the file header. Turn diffs, and edits recorded with a relative path, show a short one.toolCallDiffnow takes the workspace root and rewrites paths under it to relative ones in the patch's header lines (diff --git,---,+++,rename from/rename to). The root comes off only where a header's path starts (after an optional quote and git'sa/orb/), with/,\or a quoted\\between segments, so Windows paths match too. Hunk lines, counted from each@@header, are untouched even when they look like headers, and paths outside the workspace stay as recorded. The diff panel passes the thread's worktree or project root. Since #32684 it resolves a tool call's paths against that root, so clicking the header still opens the file. Without #32684, a project folder of a repository with a remote would lose that click, which is why this depends on it.Validation:
toolCallDiff.test.ts"names files under the workspace relative to it, as recorded relative paths are": on main the header is/Users/me/project/docs/plan.md. The same case covers a second file after a hunk, a path that only contains the root (/backup/<root>/b.ts), hunk lines that start like headers, and a Windows path; each of those failed on this PR's first commit.DiffPanel.browser.test.tsx: the tool-call case from fix(web): a file opened from a diff in a project folder inside a repository opens that file #32684 gets a row for an absolute path. Its header readssrc/a.ts, and clicking it opens that file. Without this change the header is the absolute path.apps/webof a local repository, one Claude Haiku 5.5 Edit turn that recorded/Users/Shared/t3-mono/apps/web/src/a.ts: main shows that path in the header (left); this branch showssrc/a.ts(right).src/a.ts.vp run check:changedpasses.Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code, in T3 Code.