paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

Source worktree selection cancelled.

Error message

Source worktree selection cancelled.

What it means

User-abort sentinel in the interactive source-worktree picker: the operator cancelled the selection prompt, so the merge/reseed flow stops before touching either database.

Solutions

1. Re-run and select a source worktree, or pass the source non-interactively.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/worktree.ts:2889 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@01ad858492 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fdc62240a9d8b1a4. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/worktree.ts:3704

  const excluded = excludeWorktreePath ? path.resolve(excludeWorktreePath) : null;
  const currentEndpoint = resolveCurrentWorktreeEndpoint();
  const choices = toMergeSourceChoices(process.cwd())
    .filter((choice) => choice.hasPaperclipConfig || choice.isCurrent)
    .filter((choice) => path.resolve(choice.worktree) !== excluded)
    .map((choice) => ({
      value: choice.isCurrent ? "__current__" : choice.worktree,
      label: choice.branchLabel,
      hint: `${choice.worktree}${choice.isCurrent ? " (current)" : ""}`,
    }));
  if (choices.length === 0) {
    throw new Error("No Paperclip worktrees were found. Run `paperclipai worktree:list` to inspect the repo worktrees.");
  }
  const selection = await p.select<string>({
    message: "Choose the source worktree to import from",
    options: choices,
  });
  if (p.isCancel(selection)) {
    throw new Error("Source worktree selection cancelled.");
  }
  if (selection === "__current__") {
    return currentEndpoint;
  }
  return resolveWorktreeEndpointFromSelector(selection, { allowCurrent: true });
}

async function applyMergePlan(input: {
  sourceStorages: ConfiguredStorage[];
  targetStorage: ConfiguredStorage;
  targetDb: ClosableDb;
  company: ResolvedMergeCompany;
  plan: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof collectMergePlan>>["plan"];
}) {
  const companyId = input.company.id;

  return await input.targetDb.transaction(async (tx) => {
    const importedProjectIds = input.plan.projectImports.map((project) => project.source.id);

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