feat(setup): configure a repo with worktree setup instead of hand-writing .worktreerc

[bhagyamudgal]

Setting up the CLI in a new repo meant hand-writing .worktreerc from an error message, then wiring up gitignores by hand. This adds worktree setup, which walks through that once per repo and writes everything.

What changed:

• worktree setup prompts for the default base branch (preselecting origin/HEAD, with a custom option) and the worktree directory, then writes .worktreerc while preserving any other keys already in the file
• Setup also creates <dir>/.gitignore and asks before appending <dir>/ to the root .gitignore
• --base, --worktree-dir, and --yes skip the prompts for scripts and CI
• The create missing-base error now points at worktree setup

How to verify:

• bun run typecheck exits 0, bun run lint clean, all 86 existing tests pass
• Exercised against scratch repos: fresh setup, re-run merge with unknown-key preservation, invalid base rejection, bare branch normalizing to origin/<name>, and the new create hint

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added the interactive worktree setup command to configure the default base branch and worktree directory.
  • Supports non-interactive setup with --base, --worktree-dir, and --yes.
  • Creates or updates .worktreerc and configures related .gitignore files.
  • Preserves existing configuration and validates setup inputs.

• Documentation

  • Updated setup and usage guidance with interactive and non-interactive examples.
  • Added a setup hint when creating a worktree without a configured base branch.

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Changes

Worktree setup flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Setup command inputs and validation src/commands/setup.ts	The new setupCommand supports base branch, worktree directory, and confirmation options. It discovers branch candidates and validates interactive and non-interactive input.
Configuration and repository file updates src/commands/setup.ts	The command preserves existing configuration, writes normalized .worktreerc values, creates the worktree directory and nested .gitignore, and conditionally updates the root .gitignore.
CLI integration and user guidance src/index.ts, src/commands/create.ts, README.md, .changeset/worktree-setup-command.md	The CLI registers setup. Missing-base errors point to worktree setup. README instructions and the release note describe the new command.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 065c8

The new setup flow can reuse an unsafe existing directory setting and write files outside the repository, while failed initialization can leave a configuration that later commands cannot use. Non-interactive setup can also fail to select the documented default branch. These current-head correctness and security issues should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant CLI
  participant setupCommand
  participant Repository
  User->>CLI: run worktree setup
  CLI->>setupCommand: pass command options
  setupCommand->>Repository: read branches and existing .worktreerc
  Repository-->>setupCommand: return configuration data
  setupCommand->>Repository: write .worktreerc and update gitignore files
  Repository-->>setupCommand: report file operation results
  setupCommand-->>User: print completion instructions

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I’m a rabbit with a tidy tree,
A setup command now hops with me.
Branches bloom and paths align,
Gitignore leaves fall in line.
.worktreerc rests, neat and bright.

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Important

The accepted setup inputs can produce an unusable repository configuration, and the non-interactive path can report success for an invalid base.

Reviewed changes in the initial 065c8e1 revision:

• Setup command — adds interactive and flag-driven selection of the base ref and worktree directory.
• Configuration persistence — rewrites .worktreerc with the selected values while retaining parsed unknown keys.
• Ignore wiring — creates the worktree directory ignore file and optionally updates the repository .gitignore.
• CLI integration — registers setup, updates create guidance and README usage, and adds a minor changeset.

⚠️ The filesystem behavior has no regression coverage

The new command performs several dependent writes and has separate interactive, non-interactive, first-run, and rerun paths, but this revision adds no tests for any of them. The existing suite therefore passes without exercising the defects called out inline.

Technical details

# Add executable coverage for setup

## Affected sites
- src/commands/setup.ts:137-315 — the entire new command is currently untested
- src/commands/clean.test.ts — demonstrates the repository's existing temporary-Git-repository integration-test pattern

## Required outcome
- Exercise successful non-interactive setup and assert the exact `.worktreerc`, nested `.gitignore`, and root `.gitignore` results.
- Cover invalid directory values, retained configuration values, stale base refs, and reruns before the command is released.

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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 15-22: Update the README instructions following the worktree setup
commands to remove the unconditional manual .gitignore step, or qualify it so
users only add .worktrees/ manually if they decline the setup prompt; preserve
the existing guidance to commit the generated configuration.

In `@src/commands/setup.ts`:
- Around line 176-180: Update the setup flow around currentBase so that when no
DEFAULT_BASE is configured in non-interactive --yes mode, it resolves the remote
default via getDefaultBranch() and normalizes it with normalizeBase() before
emitting the missing-base error; preserve the existing error path only when that
fallback cannot produce a base.
- Around line 233-235: Update the setup flow around fs.writeFile and the
selected worktree directory so the directory is created or validated before
persisting .worktreerc. If initialization fails, report the error and exit
without writing the configuration or reporting success; only write WORKTREE_DIR
after the directory is confirmed usable.
- Around line 216-217: Update setup directory selection to run both configured
raw.WORKTREE_DIR and supplied --worktree-dir values through one shared directory
validator. Before any filesystem operation, resolve the selected dir and verify
it remains within root; reject invalid or outside paths instead of assigning
them in the non-interactive opts.yes branch.

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Important

The new containment check still permits a setup filesystem write outside the repository through an existing symlink.

Reviewed changes since the prior Pullfrog review covered the follow-up validation, write ordering, preservation, documentation, and test changes:

• Base validation — validated retained DEFAULT_BASE values and added origin/HEAD fallback for fresh --yes runs.
• Directory handling — rejected root and lexically escaping directory values and created the selected directory before persisting configuration.
• Configuration preservation — retained unmanaged .worktreerc lines verbatim and constrained managed directory values to round-trip safely.
• Regression coverage — added integration tests for first runs, reruns, invalid inputs, stale refs, custom directories, and failed directory creation.
• Setup guidance — clarified when users need to add the root .gitignore entry manually.

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[pullfrog]

✅ No new issues found.

Reviewed changes since the prior Pullfrog review covered the symlink-containment follow-up:

• Real-path containment — rejected a worktree directory whose resolved target falls outside the resolved repository root before creating its nested .gitignore.
• Regression coverage — added an integration test proving setup fails without writing configuration or touching the external symlink target.

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