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Task: Clean up stale branches and worktrees

Identity

  • Task ID: 20260907-cleanup-stale-branches-4e7a9c1d
  • Mode: Feature
  • Branch: main
  • Worktree: /Users/inmanx/Documents/makelore
  • Base commit: 860c97d466
  • Owner: codex
  • Status: Ready for integration

Scope

  • Inventory Makelore-linked worktrees and local branches under /Users/inmanx/Documents, classify them against local main, and remove completed or explicitly superseded local checkout history.
  • Release completed task-registry ownership before removing its worktree.
  • Keep the canonical main worktree, remote refs, historical user data, and any unresolved unique product work outside the deletion set.

Intent And Constraints

  • Prefer git worktree remove, task-context release, and local branch deletion over broad filesystem removal.
  • Treat branches whose tips are ancestors of main as integrated. Treat the two remaining Learning source branches as explicitly superseded by the integrated Learning removal and current Code/Canvas/Robot product boundary.
  • The five dirty historical worktrees contain only reviewed audit screenshots, superseded concept task records, or an integrated Design QA report. The user's explicit request to clean all expired history authorizes their irreversible removal and the task registry's force-release recovery path.
  • Do not push, delete remote branches, rewrite main, change product code, or delete historical application user data.

Outcome

  • Released all nine stale task-registry owners. Four clean source tasks used the normal release path; five expired audit/concept worktrees used the explicitly authorized force-release path after their untracked contents were classified.
  • Removed all 22 linked Makelore worktrees. The irreversible untracked deletion set was six audit screenshots, one audit report, four superseded task records, and one integrated design-qa.md report.
  • Deleted 31 local codex/* branch refs whose tips were ancestors of main. Deleted the remaining two local Learning refs after confirming that the full Learning removal is already integrated and the older Player branch is superseded by the current Code/Canvas/Robot product decision.
  • Pruned worktree metadata and removed the now-empty repository .worktrees container. The repository now has one worktree and one local branch: canonical main at the original product head.
  • Removed about 21.0 GiB of stale Makelore checkout data. Remote refs, remote state, product source, historical application user data, and origin/main were not changed.

Verification

  • git worktree list --porcelain: only /Users/inmanx/Documents/makelore at 860c97d466a9657061b6680d3a546b466e925cf9 on main.
  • git for-each-ref refs/heads: only local main remains.
  • task_context.py status --json: only this cleanup task owns a worktree.
  • task_context.py doctor: passed; registry is consistent.
  • git fsck --connectivity-only: exited successfully. Deleted tips remain only as expected unreachable/reflog objects until normal Git garbage collection.
  • Documents directory inventory: no Makelore task checkout directories remain.
  • No product files changed, so product tests/builds were not run.

Follow-ups

  • None for this repository. Normal Git maintenance may reclaim unreachable objects after its retention window; no aggressive prune was run so unrelated recovery data was not discarded.

Promotion Candidates

  • None. This is local repository maintenance with no product or architecture change.