Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-codex · error · Error

(result.stderr || '').trim() || `git status failed for ${wor

Error message

(result.stderr || '').trim() || `git status failed for ${worktreePath}`

What it means

gitStatusLines runs `git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all` in the worktree and throws the stderr or a generic message when the command exits non-zero. It is the entry point for all worktree cleanliness inspection in the autoresearch runtime.

Source

Thrown at src/autoresearch/runtime.ts:241

function requireGitSuccess(worktreePath: string, args: string[]): void {
  const result = spawnSync('git', args, {
    cwd: worktreePath,
    encoding: 'utf-8',
      windowsHide: true,
    });
  if (result.status === 0) return;
  throw new Error((result.stderr || '').trim() || `git ${args.join(' ')} failed`);
}

function gitStatusLines(worktreePath: string): string[] {
  const result = spawnSync('git', ['status', '--porcelain', '--untracked-files=all'], {
    cwd: worktreePath,
    encoding: 'utf-8',
      windowsHide: true,
    });
  if (result.status !== 0) {
    throw new Error((result.stderr || '').trim() || `git status failed for ${worktreePath}`);
  }
  return (result.stdout || '')
    .split(/\r?\n/)
    .map((line) => line.trimEnd())
    .filter(Boolean);
}

function isAllowedRuntimeDirtyLine(line: string): boolean {
  const trimmed = line.trim();
  if (trimmed.length < 4) return false;
  const path = trimmed.slice(3).trim();
  return trimmed.startsWith('?? ') && AUTORESEARCH_WORKTREE_EXCLUDES.some((exclude) => exclude.endsWith('/')
    ? path.startsWith(exclude) || path === exclude.slice(0, -1)
    : path === exclude);
}

export function assertResetSafeWorktree(worktreePath: string): void {
  const lines = gitStatusLines(worktreePath);

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Solutions

1. Run `git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all` in the printed worktreePath to see the underlying error
2. For 'detected dubious ownership', run `git config --global --add safe.directory <path>` or match user ownership
3. If the index is corrupt, delete the worktree's index file and let git rebuild it, or recreate the worktree
4. If the main repo of a linked worktree is gone, remove and recreate the worktree

import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
function statusWorks(worktreePath: string): boolean {
  return spawnSync('git', ['status', '--porcelain'], { cwd: worktreePath }).status === 0;
}

try { assertResetSafeWorktree(worktreePath); }
catch (e) { if (e instanceof Error && /git status failed/.test(e.message)) { /* run git status manually; check safe.directory and index integrity */ } throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Any call path that inspects worktree status (assertResetSafeWorktree, prepare/resume runtime) when git status fails: corrupt index file, invalid .git link in a linked worktree, or a repository owned by a different user (dubious ownership).

Common situations: Corrupt .git/index after a crash, worktrees whose main repo was removed, running as a different user than the repo owner (safe.directory issues), or CI checkouts with odd permissions.

Related errors

• worktree_status_failed
• (result.stderr || '').trim() || `git ${args.join(' ')} faile
• autoresearch_reset_requires_clean_worktree
• worktree_not_planned:${workerName}
• worktree_not_provisioned:${workerName}

AI-assisted analysis of Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-codex@3ad79a8a6f (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/71e071bc9e597753. Report an issue: GitHub.