feat: remove worktrees together with their garbage branches

[Kikobeats]

Running git-garbage with branches checked out in linked worktrees failed:

error: cannot delete branch 'Kikobeats/chrome-cold-start-d3a67d55' used by worktree at '/Users/kikobeats/.claude-worktrees/api-1981501485/d3a67d55'

What changed

garbage.sh now resolves each garbage branch to the worktree that has it checked out (git worktree list --porcelain, read once) and:

• clean linked worktree: git worktree remove first, then git branch -D (the listing shows branch (and worktree <path>) before the prompt)
• uncommitted changes, locked worktree, or checked out in the main checkout: printed as skipped <branch> (<reason>) and left alone
• git worktree prune up front, so a worktree whose directory is gone no longer blocks deletion

How it was tested

New test.sh (npm test) builds real bare/clone repos in a sandbox and drives garbage.sh end to end: clean worktree, dirty worktree, locked worktree, run-from-a-linked-worktree, no worktree, stale worktree. All 12 assertions pass; 5 of them fail against the previous garbage.sh, so they are regression proof.

Outcome

git-garbage deletes every branch it lists instead of erroring out, and never destroys uncommitted work in a worktree.

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Note

Medium Risk
Deletion now removes filesystem worktrees and branches together; skips protect dirty/locked/main checkouts, but mistaken classification could still remove a clean linked worktree the user wanted to keep.

Overview
garbage.sh now handles branches checked out in linked worktrees instead of failing with “cannot delete branch … used by worktree”. It runs git worktree prune early, maps each candidate branch to its worktree via git worktree list --porcelain, and splits targets into removable vs skipped.

For a clean linked worktree, it lists branch (and worktree <path>), removes the worktree with git worktree remove, then deletes the branch. It skips branches in the main checkout, locked worktrees, or worktrees with uncommitted changes, printing skipped … with a reason.

README documents this behavior. npm test runs new test.sh, which exercises clean/dirty/locked/linked/stale worktree scenarios in sandbox repos.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Garbage collection now removes eligible linked worktrees before deleting their associated merged branches.
  • Branches in the main, dirty, locked, or otherwise unavailable worktrees are preserved and reported.
  • Stale worktree metadata is cleaned up during garbage collection.

• Documentation

  • Updated usage guidance to describe worktree and branch removal behavior.

• Tests

  • Added end-to-end coverage for clean, dirty, locked, linked, absent, and stale worktrees.
  • The test command now executes the project’s test suite.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change makes branch cleanup aware of locked linked worktrees, documents protected-worktree conditions, and adds end-to-end coverage. The npm test command now runs the Bash test suite.

Changes

Worktree-aware branch cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Worktree discovery and protection garbage.sh	The script detects locked worktrees and skips branches checked out in them.
Protected and removable branch cleanup garbage.sh, README.md	The script removes eligible linked worktrees before deleting their branches. The README documents conditions that prevent removal.
End-to-end cleanup validation test.sh, package.json	The test suite covers clean, dirty, locked, linked, absent, and stale worktrees. The npm test command now runs the suite.

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Change: Bug fix

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Inline comments:
In `@garbage.sh`:
- Around line 23-26: Update worktree_of to parse complete porcelain worktree
records, including the locked state and its lock reason, rather than returning
only the path. In the removable-worktree flow, add a locked branch and its
reason to skipped before performing the dirty-state check, so locked clean
worktrees are reported as skipped instead of reaching git worktree remove.
- Line 13: Update the cleanup flow around git worktree prune to preserve branch
associations for stale worktrees before metadata is removed, or explicitly mark
those branches as skipped afterward. Ensure protected stale-worktree branches
cannot be added to removable and deleted by git branch -D.

In `@test.sh`:
- Line 2: Enable errexit in the script’s shell options by adding -e to the
existing set -uo pipefail declaration, so fixture setup and target-command
failures stop the suite while preserving the deliberate failure checks in assert
and refute conditions.

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