Worktrees created from bare repos are not recognized

OpenCode resolves the worktree is the parent of git rev-parse --git-common-dir. For bare repos, --git-common-dir returns the bare repo itself, so its parent is not a git repo.

opencode/packages/opencode/src/project/project.ts

Lines 141 to 151 in 0222658

    
           const worktree = await $`git rev-parse --git-common-dir` 
        
             .quiet() 
        
             .nothrow() 
        
             .cwd(sandbox) 
        
             .text() 
        
             .then((x) => { 
        
               const dirname = path.dirname(x.trim()) 
        
               if (dirname === ".") return sandbox 
        
               return dirname 
        
             }) 
        
             .catch(() => undefined)

This mis-resolves the worktree path makes later git operations run in a non‑repo directory, causing WorktreeNotGitError.

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

Desktop app: opening multiple git worktrees from the same repo replaces existing project #5638: Desktop app: opening multiple git worktrees from the same repo replaces existing project
Executing run command in worktree reports 'file already exists' error #4656: Executing run command in worktree reports 'file already exists' error
git worktrees and root-directory #2445: git worktrees and root-directory
external_directory permission triggered for .opencode/state within git worktree #7758: external_directory permission triggered for .opencode/state within git worktree
Worktrees doesn't work well on web #10468: Worktrees doesn't work well on web

Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

Yeah, I'm having this issue as well. I use bare git worktrees and the opencode desktop app resolution up to the git root makes "projects" unusable for users that use git worktrees a lot to organize code.

Structure looks like this, and opencode isn't built to handle it and no options to circumvent or turn-off the upwards traversal...

project-name/                # Project container (NOT a working tree)
├── .bare/                   # 🗄️  Bare git repository (the actual Git database)
├── .git                     # 🔗 Pointer file directing Git commands to .bare
├── main/                    # ✅ Worktree (branch: main)
├── feature-auth/            # ✅ Worktree (branch: feature-auth)
└── hotfix-security/         # ✅ Worktree (branch: hotfix-security)

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Can we reopen this issue? It's still a problem in the current version of Opencode (1.0.164) and makes it unusable for me

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	const worktree = await $`git rev-parse --git-common-dir`
	.quiet()
	.nothrow()
	.cwd(sandbox)
	.text()
	.then((x) => {
	const dirname = path.dirname(x.trim())
	if (dirname === ".") return sandbox
	return dirname
	})
	.catch(() => undefined)

Worktrees created from bare repos are not recognized #10643

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