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Summary

  • A worktree under .claude/worktrees/ was wiped mid-task five times in one session, including once through an explicit lock. scripts/clean-worktree.mjs --merged --remove now refuses to delete anything unless a human has set CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM=1 in the invoking shell — tool-agnostic by design, since the destructive path was reachable from any agent session (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity) with no checkpoint, and none of them will spontaneously set an unusual env var without being told to. The project's own .claude/settings.json allow-list is narrowed to the list-only/dry-run forms of the command so Claude Code sessions no longer auto-approve the destructive form either.
  • Separately: when a worktree's .git link disappears, git does not error — it silently walks up to the next real repository and adopts it as the target, so every subsequent command looks normal but runs against the wrong checkout on the wrong branch. This nearly caused this very fix to land on an unrelated in-progress branch. scripts/check-base-freshness.mjs, which already runs as a SessionStart hook, now also compares git rev-parse --show-toplevel against CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR and surfaces a loud, specific warning (including into the session's injected hook context) when they don't match.

Test plan

  • node scripts/clean-worktree.mjs --self-test — passes, including new coverage for the unconfirmed---remove refusal
  • Manual: --merged --remove without CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM=1 refuses with a clear error; with it set, proceeds as before
  • Manual: check-base-freshness.mjs --hook with a correct CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR stays silent; with a mismatched one, fires the tripwire and injects it into hook context
  • npm run lint — clean
  • npm run typecheck — clean
  • npm run format — no changes needed

No clinical-risk or RAG-ranking-surface paths are touched (scripts/clean-worktree.mjs, scripts/check-base-freshness.mjs, .claude/settings.json — none match clinicalRiskPatterns/operationalRiskPatterns in scripts/pr-policy.mjs), so no Clinical Governance Preflight or RAG impact line applies.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved repository freshness checks to detect broken or mismatched worktree links before processing.
    • Added clearer error handling when the repository location cannot be validated.
  • Safety Improvements

    • Destructive merged-worktree cleanup now requires explicit confirmation.
    • Preview and dry-run operations remain available without confirmation.
  • Documentation

    • Added a record documenting the changes and validation results.

BigSimmoand others added 2 commits August 21, 2026 20:32
…deletes anything
A worktree under .claude/worktrees/ was wiped mid-task five times today,
including once through an explicit lock. The script's own merge-detection
was checked against the fleet and did not misfire on the destroyed
branches, so the gap was upstream of it: --remove was reachable from any
agent session in any worktree with zero human checkpoint, since the
user's global Claude Code defaultMode is "auto" and this repo's own
settings.json auto-allowed every invocation of the script, destructive or
not.
--remove now refuses to run unless CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM=1 is set in the
invoking shell. This is tool-agnostic by design: it protects against
Codex and Antigravity sessions too, not just Claude Code, since none of
them will spontaneously set an unusual env var without a human telling
them to. Narrows the project's own allow-list to the list-only/dry-run
forms of the command so the destructive form is no longer blanket-approved
for Claude Code sessions specifically.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… silently misdirecting
When a worktree's .git file disappears, git does not error - it walks up
the directory tree and silently adopts the next real repository it finds
as the target. Every command after that point looks normal but is
operating on the wrong checkout, on whatever branch that repo happens to
be on. This nearly caused this very fix to land on an unrelated in-progress
branch in the main checkout instead of its intended worktree.
check-base-freshness.mjs already runs as a SessionStart hook and already
has the machinery to surface an advisory finding into the session's
injected context. Add one more check ahead of the existing freshness
check: compare `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` against CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR
(the directory Claude Code was actually told the project lives in, which
git's own resolution cannot see). A mismatch means the .git link broke
sometime after the worktree was created, and the human-readable error
plus the hook's JSON envelope both name the wrong root it climbed to, so
a session starting in a broken worktree sees this in its own context
instead of silently working against the wrong repository.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The changes add confirmation for destructive merged-worktree removal, validate repository-root identity before freshness checks, restrict cleanup command permissions, and record validation results.

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Worktree integrity controls

Layer / File(s)Summary
Destructive cleanup confirmation
scripts/clean-worktree.mjs, .claude/settings.json
Merged removal now requires CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM=1. Self-tests cover rejected and accepted removal. Claude permissions now list explicit cleanup commands.
Repository-root validation
scripts/check-base-freshness.mjs, docs/branch-review-records/...record.md
The freshness check compares canonicalized Git and CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR paths before branch checks. The review record documents validation results.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk:🟡 Moderate · up to ca8af

The new worktree deletion safeguard can still be bypassed by programmatic callers, allowing a worktree to be removed without explicit confirmation and undermining the change’s primary protection. This bounded data-loss risk should be fixed before merging; the remaining concerns are localized validation and test hygiene.

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Title check✅ PassedThe title clearly summarizes both main changes: preventing destructive worktree wipes and detecting commands directed at the wrong repository.
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BigSimmoand others added 5 commits August 21, 2026 22:55
…lse positives
Two real bugs from automated review on PR #2240, both in yesterday's fix:
- clean-worktree.mjs: the CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM gate fired before dry-run
got a chance to win, so `--merged --remove --dry-run` - which deletes
nothing - was refused anyway. Gate now only applies when a deletion can
actually happen.
- check-base-freshness.mjs: the worktree-identity tripwire compared lexical
paths, so a CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR reaching the checkout through a symlink or
junction would report a false "broken .git link" even on a healthy
worktree. Now resolves both sides through realpathSync.native before
comparing, falling back to the lexical path if resolution fails (the
check stays advisory-only and must never crash the SessionStart hook it
runs in).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM guard added in this branch threw for any
`--remove` invocation regardless of `--dry-run`, breaking the documented
"dry-run wins over --remove" preview path and failing the pre-existing
`parses valid combination of flags` test (which parses
`--merged --squashed --remove --dry-run ...` and expects a plain parse
result). Only gate the destructive path: `remove && !dryRun`.
Also addresses a review comment on the same PR: check-base-freshness.mjs
compared CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR against `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` with
plain path.resolve(), which does not resolve symlinks/junctions, so an
aliased-but-healthy worktree would trip the "broken .git link" tripwire.
Canonicalize both sides through realpathSync (falling back to path.resolve
if realpath fails) before comparing.
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additional self-test coverage for the --merged --remove --dry-run case,
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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712-733: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a self-test for confirmed dry-run removal.

The self-test covers refusal without confirmation and success with confirmation. It does not cover --merged --remove --dry-run with the variable unset. Add this case and assert dryRun === true. This protects the !dryRun branch on Line 453 and the requirement that dry-run remains available without confirmation.

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In `@scripts/clean-worktree.mjs` around lines 712 - 733, Add a self-test around
parseArgs that invokes --merged --remove --dry-run with CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM
unset, verifies parsing succeeds without throwing, and asserts the returned
arguments have dryRun === true. Preserve the existing confirmation-required test
for non-dry-run removal and the confirmed removal assertions.

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- Line 1: Update the branch review record entry to include decisive output
proving the listed validation gates passed, either as separate output lines for
each gate or one combined validation line with the decisive result; do not rely
on the exit code alone.
In `@scripts/clean-worktree.mjs`:
- Around line 453-459: Move the CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM=1 validation into a
shared helper, invoke it in runMergedWorktreeReport immediately before the
worktree deletion boundary, and retain the existing parseArgs check for CLI
feedback. Ensure programmatic callers cannot remove worktrees when remove is
enabled outside dry-run mode without explicit confirmation.
- Around line 712-731: Update selfTest around parseArgs and
CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM so the saved environment value is restored even when the
negative assertion throws. Enclose both confirmation cases, including the
unconfirmed --merged --remove check and the args4 case, within one outer
try/finally that restores the original environment value.
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In `@scripts/clean-worktree.mjs`:
- Around line 712-733: Add a self-test around parseArgs that invokes --merged
--remove --dry-run with CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM unset, verifies parsing succeeds
without throwing, and asserts the returned arguments have dryRun === true.
Preserve the existing confirmation-required test for non-dry-run removal and the
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BigSimmoand others added 4 commits August 22, 2026 01:23
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Two real findings, both in the CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM gate:
- Major/security: the confirm check lived only inside parseArgs, but
runMergedWorktreeReport is exported and reachable directly by any
programmatic caller with { remove: true, dryRun: false } - bypassing
parseArgs, and the confirmation, entirely. Extracted the check into
assertRemovalConfirmed() and call it from both parseArgs (fast CLI
feedback) and runMergedWorktreeReport immediately before the deletion
loop, so the actual boundary is covered regardless of caller.
- Minor/stability: selfTest()'s finally block only covered the confirmed
case, so a thrown assertion on the unconfirmed-refusal check upstream
of it would leave CLEAN_WORKTREE_CONFIRM permanently deleted from
process.env in a longer-lived process. Wrapped the whole confirm/parse
cycle in one outer try/finally.
Verified the boundary fix directly: importing the module and calling
runMergedWorktreeReport({ remove: true, dryRun: false }) with the env var
unset now lists candidates but refuses before the removal loop, instead
of silently deleting.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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… fixed
The three handover documents said the cause was not conclusively
identified. That was wrong, and the answer was in front of me the whole
time - both fixes are already on main and this branch predates them:
a04330e harden(guard-push): never force-delete a scratch checkout
that still holds a borrowed node_modules link (#2244)
cdfcbac fix(worktrees): stop silent worktree wipes and misdirected
commands (#2240)
The old scripts/guard-push.mjs linked a borrowed worktree's real
node_modules into a scratch checkout as a Windows junction, then
force-deleted that checkout recursively. A git worktree lock cannot stop
it because it is a filesystem delete, not a git worktree operation - which
is exactly why the third destruction went through a lock. Any concurrent
session pushing from a stale base ran it against whichever worktree it
had borrowed from.
This branch is 122 commits behind origin/main and has neither fix, so the
tooling in this worktree - and in the other stale worktrees running
alongside it - predated its own fix. scripts/clean-worktree.mjs was
investigated and cleared: it contains no filesystem deletion at all.
The remedy is to merge origin/main before any further build work, and the
documents now say so.
Also corrects two claims that went stale: the branch is no longer unpushed,
and the authorisation boundary now records that the push happened with the
user's explicit agreement after they were told the repository is public.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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