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workspace_status_failed

workspace_status_failed

Error message

workspace_status_failed:${cwd}

What it means

Thrown when `git status --porcelain --untracked-files=all` in the given cwd exits non-zero with empty stderr, so the library cannot read the workspace cleanliness. readWorkspaceStatusLines backs cleanliness assertions like assertCleanLeaderWorkspaceForWorkerWorktrees.

Source

Thrown at src/team/worktree.ts:144

    encoding: 'utf-8',
      windowsHide: true,
    });
  if (result.status !== 0) {
    const stderr = (result.stderr || '').trim();
    throw new Error(stderr || `worktree_status_failed:${worktreePath}`);
  }
  return (result.stdout || '').trim() !== '';
}

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

export function assertCleanLeaderWorkspaceForWorkerWorktrees(cwd: string): void {
  const lines = readWorkspaceStatusLines(cwd);
  if (lines.length === 0) return;
  const preview = lines.slice(0, 8).join(' | ');
  throw new Error(
    `leader_workspace_dirty_for_worktrees:${resolve(cwd)}:${preview}:commit_or_stash_before_omx_team`,
  );
}

function listWorktrees(repoRoot: string): GitWorktreeEntry[] {
  const raw = readGit(repoRoot, ['worktree', 'list', '--porcelain']);

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Solutions

1. Confirm cwd is the repository root and is a valid git repo (`git rev-parse --show-toplevel` works there)
2. For 'dubious ownership' errors set `git config --global --add safe.directory <path>`
3. Repair the index if corrupt: `rm -f .git/index && git reset` (staged state is recoverable from HEAD)
4. Ensure the process has read access to .git and that git is on PATH

Example fix

# before: dubious ownership in container causes status to fail
# after:
git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace
# or in code: spawnSync('git',['config','--global','--add','safe.directory',repoRoot])

function isUsableGitRepo(cwd: string): boolean {
  const r = spawnSync('git', ['rev-parse','--is-inside-work-tree'], { cwd, encoding: 'utf-8' });
  if (r.status !== 0) return false;
  const safe = spawnSync('git', ['config','--get','safe.directory'], { encoding: 'utf-8' });
  return true;
}

catch (e) { if (String(e?.message).startsWith('workspace_status_failed:')) { /* surface 'git not usable in cwd' to user, check PATH and safe.directory */ } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Calling assertCleanLeaderWorkspaceForWorkerWorktrees (or anything using readWorkspaceStatusLines) with a cwd that is not a git repository, a repo with a corrupted index, unreadable object files, or when git is unavailable. Permission errors on .git can also cause non-zero exit with sparse stderr.

Common situations: Passing a workspace/subdirectory path instead of the repo root; running inside a container where .git ownership triggers git's 'dubious ownership' refusal; detached/readonly mounts; git version mismatch producing empty stderr.

Related errors

• invalid_worktree_branch
• worktree_status_failed
• invalid auth slot path
• Autoresearch goal ${mission.slug} cannot complete until prof
• stderr || `git ${args.join(' ')} failed`

AI-assisted analysis of Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-codex@3ad79a8a6f (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f5ea8044bdbf6578. Report an issue: GitHub.