Repository root '{}' does not exist. Ensure the repo is clon

Error message

Repository root '{}' does not exist. Ensure the repo is cloned before calling rehydrate.

What it means

Error "Repository root '{}' does not exist. Ensure the repo is cloned before calling rehydrate." thrown in xai-org/grok-build.

Source

Thrown at crates/codegen/xai-grok-shell/src/session/worktree.rs:463

        updates_copied: fork_resp.updates_copied,
        code_restored,
        restore_summary,
        restore_degree,
    })
}
/// Orchestrate session rehydration: recreate the git worktree at the exact
/// path and restore all session state using the original session ID.
///
pub(crate) async fn rehydrate_session_in_worktree(
    req: &RehydrateSessionRequest,
    #[allow(unused_variables)] ops: &xai_grok_workspace::WorkspaceOps,
    registry_client: Option<&crate::agent::session_registry_client::SessionRegistryClient>,
) -> Result<RehydrateSessionResponse> {
    let worktree_path_str = req.worktree_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(&req.source_cwd);
    let repo_root = Path::new(&req.repo_root);
    let worktree_path = Path::new(worktree_path_str);
    if !repo_root.exists() {
        anyhow::bail!(
            "Repository root '{}' does not exist. \
             Ensure the repo is cloned before calling rehydrate.",
            req.repo_root
        );
    }
    let session_summary_exists = crate::util::grok_home::sessions_cwd_dir(&req.source_cwd)
        .join(&req.session_id)
        .join("summary.json")
        .exists();
    if worktree_path.exists() && session_summary_exists {
        tracing::info!(
            session_id = %req.session_id,
            worktree_path = %worktree_path_str,
            "rehydrate: worktree and session state already exist, skipping"
        );
        return Ok(RehydrateSessionResponse {
            session_id: req.session_id.clone(),
            worktree_path: worktree_path_str.to_string(),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/codegen/xai-grok-shell/src/session/worktree.rs:463 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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