fix(server): new worktree threads work in repos with no commits yet#32710

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Summary

Starting a New worktree thread in a repo that only has git init (no commits yet) failed during provisioning with git worktree add failed, because there was nothing to check out. Retry failed the same way.

After the usual origin fetch, if neither the start ref nor HEAD has a commit, the thread now runs in the project folder instead — same as a non-Git project. The setup card keeps showing progress and marks checkout as skipped with "no commits yet, using project folder". If origin does have the base branch, you still get a normal worktree from it.

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Test plan

vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts
Add a folder with only git init -b main as a project, set New worktree, send a message — turn starts in the project folder
Same project with an empty origin (no base branch) and startFromOrigin — still falls back to the project folder
Empty local repo whose origin has main — still creates a worktree from origin
Normal repo with commits — worktree creation unchanged

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Added 1 commit7d ago

fix(server): new worktree threads work in repos with no commits yet1f4cf84

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.tsline 443Outdated · 1f4cf84Open thread

…	…	@@ -434,35 +434,55 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
	440	+	git
	441	+	.hasCommit({ cwd: project.workspaceRoot, refName })
	442	+	.pipe(Effect.mapError(mapError(input, "provision-worktree", threadId)));
	443	+	if (!(yield* hasCommit(startRef)) && !(yield* hasCommit("HEAD"))) {

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🟠 High orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts:443

When an empty repository takes this project-folder fallback, queued messages are held instead of running after the current turn succeeds: the run still records workspacePreparation.type as "worktree", so Orchestrator.handleRunUpdate treats the null thread.worktreePath as failed provisioning. Persist the resolved root strategy when taking this fallback, or otherwise distinguish it from a missing worktree.

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3	When an empty repository takes this project-folder fallback, queued messages are held instead of running after the current turn succeeds: the run still records `workspacePreparation.type` as `"worktree"`, so `Orchestrator.handleRunUpdate` treats the null `thread.worktreePath` as failed provisioning. Persist the resolved root strategy when taking this fallback, or otherwise distinguish it from a missing worktree.

WwSedlacek6d ago

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Real bug. A successful empty-repo fallback left workspacePreparation.type === "worktree" with worktreePath: null, and startNextQueuedRun treated that like failed setup (the check did not require failed/interrupted).

Pushed in 6f4fa525c2:

prepared-run.release rewrites preparation to { type: "root" } when a worktree was requested but no path was bound
queue hold now requires failed or interrupted worktree prep, matching the other call sites
covered by the empty-repo launch assertion and a runtimeLayer queue-promotion case

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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Empty-repository worktree launches now fall back to the original project folder, so agent edits no longer have the requested worktree isolation. Human confirmation is needed that this automatic fallback is the intended behavior.

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Walkthrough

Worktree preparation now skips checkout when neither the selected start ref nor HEAD resolves to a commit. Queued-run release records this no-worktree case as root preparation. Tests cover fallback to the project folder and worktree creation from an origin commit.

Changes: Worktree launch

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Commit check and fallback `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.test.ts`	Preparation checks the selected start ref and `HEAD` before creating a worktree. If neither resolves to a commit, it skips checkout, clears the branch, and uses the project folder. Tests cover refs from an unborn branch, this fallback, and creation from an origin commit.
Queued-run release `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts`	When a prepared run has no thread worktree path, release records root preparation as the run starts. Other runs retain their existing preparation metadata.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

#23600 — This PR changes queued-run release handling, but the interrupted start_immediately path described in the issue remains outside this change.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#22018: Both changes address worktree launch when no commit exists; this PR performs the fallback during worktree preparation.
pingdotgg/t3code#24427: Both changes use root preparation when no usable commit exists, while this PR checks refs during worktree preparation.

Suggested reviewers: saphid, juliusmarminge

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Most empty-repository launches can use the project folder, but a launch configured with a commit-message search ref still fails. This narrow case does not appear to block merging.

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Description check	Warning	The description explains the problem, intended behavior, linked issue, and planned test scenarios. However, it does not follow the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification struct…	Rewrite the description using the required section headings. Add the scope and approval rationale or maintainer approval. Run the focused tests and manual checks, then record the observed results and any checks that could not be completed u…

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: allowing new worktree threads to run in repositories with no commits.
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue [`#22017`] requires a worktree thread to start in the project folder when no commit exists. `ThreadLaunchService.ts` probes the selected start ref and `HEAD` after preparation. When neither has a …
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The changes stay within issue [`#22017`]. The service change implements the empty-repository fallback. The orchestrator change preserves successful run and queue state for the project-folder launch. The…

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Issue [#22017] requires a worktree thread to start in the project folder when no commit exists. ThreadLaunchService.ts probes the selected start ref and HEAD after preparation. When neither has a commit, it skips worktree creation and records no commits yet, using project folder. Orchestrator.ts records this run as { type: "root" }, so launch proceeds instead of entering worktree-setup failure handling. Tests cover no local commit, an empty origin, an origin base commit, and worktree creation from an unborn HEAD.

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The changes stay within issue [#22017]. The service change implements the empty-repository fallback. The orchestrator change preserves successful run and queue state for the project-folder launch. The tests cover the new fallback and preserve existing worktree behavior. No unrelated product change appears in the reviewed diff.

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Remove the non-null assertion on branch.
branch! hides the type. At this point branch is non-null only because requestedBranch === undefined produces a temporary name and a requested branch is a string. The value is string | null after the skip branch assigns null. The compiler cannot prove the else branch is non-null, so a future refactor could pass null silently. The guidelines state "any is the enemy" and prefer inferred types.
Prefer narrowing without an assertion, for example by computing the worktree branch name in a separate const that stays string.
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fix(server): empty-repo worktree fallback no longer holds the queue6f4fa52

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refactor(server): keep only the preparation rewrite for the empty-repo fallbackfd4439f

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Closing. Accounts that are not vouched can have 3 open PRs. This account opened over 130 PRs in 12 days, and most are large features with no maintainer approval. That volume costs more review time than it gives back, so we are closing all of them. See open PR limit and prior approval.