feat(penpal): live-detect worktree additions and removals#548
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feat(penpal): live-detect worktree additions and removals#548
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Watch each project's .git/worktrees/ directory so that `git worktree add` and `git worktree remove` are detected without restarting the server. On change, full re-discovery runs and an SSE event pushes the updated worktree list to the frontend. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Previously, Penpal discovered git worktrees once at startup and never refreshed the list. If you ran
git worktree addorgit worktree removewhile Penpal was running, the sidebar's worktree list went stale — showing deleted worktrees and missing new ones.Now, Penpal watches each project's
.git/worktrees/directory for filesystem changes. When a worktree is added or removed, the worktree list updates automatically and the sidebar reflects the change within moments — no restart needed.discovery/worktree.go— NewGitWorktreesDir()resolves the.git/worktrees/metadata directory viagit rev-parse --git-common-dir, working for both main and linked worktreeswatcher/watcher.go— Base watches now include.git/worktrees/dirs; events there trigger full re-discovery and an SSE broadcast so the frontend picks up the change🤖 Generated with Claude Code