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docs(worktrees): API reference, wiki page and the invariants behind them
Documents the worktree endpoints and quick-start's worktree field in docs/api-reference.md, adds a Git Worktrees page to the wiki (sidebar, Home index, a pointer from Core Concepts where sessions sharing one case folder is explained), and records the rules that keep the feature safe in docs/architecture-invariants.md with a short CLAUDE.md pointer: only the managed .claude/worktrees path is ever touched, git never runs over a Docker workspace, removal is never forced and branch delete is -d only, and sessions start through the existing create paths. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ case. Each has a stable id, and that id is what the API, the wait primitives, an
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event use.
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Several sessions can share one case. That is the normal way to parallelize: three workers
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in the same repo, three tabs, one case.
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in the same repo, three tabs, one case. They then also share one folder; when the workers
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edit and commit in parallel, give each its own checkout with [Git Worktrees](Git-Worktrees).
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A session carries state the case does not:
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# Git Worktrees
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Sessions in one case share its folder. That is fine for one agent, but three agents in the
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same checkout edit the same files, overwrite each other's builds, and commit each other's
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half-finished work. A **git worktree** gives each of them a checkout of its own: same
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repository, same history, a separate folder on a separate branch.
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Codeman creates worktrees for a case whose folder is a git repository, starts sessions in
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them, and removes them again when the work is done.
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## Where they live
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`<case>/.claude/worktrees/<name>`, on a new branch `worktree-<name>`. That is exactly where
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Claude Code's own `claude --worktree <name>` puts them, so a worktree made in Codeman is one
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Claude Code recognizes, and the other way round. Codeman's Recent Sessions and Session Manager
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lists mark a session that runs in one with a `⑂ <name>` pill.
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The main checkout does not show the worktrees as untracked: Codeman adds `/.claude/worktrees/`
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(and `/.claude/settings.local.json`, the hooks file it writes for every Claude session) to the
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repository's local `.git/info/exclude` when git does not ignore them already. Your tracked
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`.gitignore` is never touched.
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## Creating one and starting a session in it
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1. Pick the case in the toolbar's case picker.
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2. Open the picker again and choose **Git worktrees…** (on a phone: the case sheet's
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**Worktrees** button).
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3. Under **New worktree**, type a name (letters, digits, `.`, `_`, `-`, up to 64 characters).
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4. Pick the CLI under **Start sessions with** (Claude Code, Codex, a shell, any installed run
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mode).
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5. **Create & start session**.
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The worktree is created from the case's current commit, and the session opens in it as a tab
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named `w1-<name>`. Under **Branch and start point** you can name the branch yourself or start
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from another branch, tag or commit. An existing branch is never reused or reset: pick another
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name.
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**Open** on a worktree's row starts another session in it, with the CLI chosen above.
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## Removing one
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Two ways, and both use `git worktree remove` **without** `--force`:
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- **Remove…** on the worktree's row in the dialog.
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- Closing a session that runs in a worktree: the Close Session dialog offers **Kill & remove
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worktree**, which kills the session and then removes its worktree.
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git refuses to remove a worktree that still holds uncommitted or untracked files, and Codeman
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shows that refusal as git worded it and leaves everything in place. Commit, stash or delete the
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work first, then remove again. A worktree a live session still runs in is refused too.
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**Also delete its branch** deletes the branch with `git branch -d`, which keeps a branch whose
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commits are not merged yet. The worktree is still removed, and the message says the branch was
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kept.
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## What is not supported
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- **Docker cases and remote (SSH) cases.** A container can write to its workspace, and creating
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a worktree runs the repository's hooks and checkout filters on the Codeman machine, so git is
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never run there. A remote case's repository is on another machine.
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- A case folder that is not the top of a repository (a subfolder of one), a bare repository, or
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an empty repository with no commit yet.
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- Worktrees outside `.claude/worktrees/` (made by hand with `git worktree add`) are listed, but
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Codeman neither starts sessions in them from the dialog nor removes them.
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The HTTP endpoints are in the [HTTP API](HTTP-API) reference (`/api/cases/:name/worktrees`).
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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Roughly 235 handlers across 26 route modules. By domain:
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| ------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
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| System | 56 | Status, settings, digest, updates, tunnel. |
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| Sessions | 34 | Create, input, terminal, wait, last response, kill. |
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| Cases | 34 | Create, link, clone, remote and docker cases. |
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| Cases | 37 | Create, link, clone, worktrees, remote and docker cases. |
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| Files | 17 | Preview, edit, raw, attachments, path picker. |
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| Orchestrator | 10 | Plans and phases. |
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| Ralph | 9 | Loop control and configuration. |
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@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ codeman web # then open http://localhost:3000
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| [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs) | Which agent should this session run, and how do I set it up? |
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| [Custom Model Endpoints](Custom-Model-Endpoints) | How do I point a session at my own OpenAI-compatible endpoint? |
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| [Working With Files](Working-With-Files) | How do I read, edit, and attach files? |
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| [Git Worktrees](Git-Worktrees) | How do several agents work on one repository without sharing a folder? |
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| [Input And Voice](Input-And-Voice) | How do I talk to an agent, including by voice? |
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| [Mobile Guide](Mobile-Guide) | How well does this work on a phone? |
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| [Keyboard Shortcuts](Keyboard-Shortcuts) | What can I drive from the keyboard? |
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
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- [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs)
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- [Custom Model Endpoints](Custom-Model-Endpoints)
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- [Working With Files](Working-With-Files)
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- [Git Worktrees](Git-Worktrees)
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- [Input And Voice](Input-And-Voice)
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- [Mobile Guide](Mobile-Guide)
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- [Keyboard Shortcuts](Keyboard-Shortcuts)
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