feat(server,web): choose where new worktrees are created

[juliusmarminge]

New worktrees always landed in <T3 home>/worktrees, so users had no way to put them on a bigger or external drive.

This adds a per-machine Worktree location setting (worktreesDirectory) at the top of Settings → Storage → Worktrees. It accepts any absolute path, including other drives (D:\worktrees, /Volumes/External/wt, ~/worktrees). Empty keeps the old default.

• New worktrees are created at <location>/<repo>/<branch>; existing worktrees stay put.
• A path that isn't absolute on the server (e.g. D:\… synced to a Linux machine via "all environments") fails worktree creation with a message pointing back to Settings → Storage instead of silently falling back.
• Storage cleanup and the review diff's workspace-bound check accept both the default and custom folder, so changing the location doesn't strand old worktrees.
• The row is gated on a new worktreesDirectory environment capability and hidden in project scope.

Not covered: mobile (no Storage page), the MCP environment preferences tool, and a folder picker (plain text keeps remote servers working).

Tests: new GitVcsDriverCore case for custom and relative locations; ReviewService and storageCleanup suites pass.

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• #6719 configurable worktree location

Evidence

Web, dev server on cups. The Storage page before and after setting the location; the row shows a reset action once it's set:

Default	Custom location set

Then a new thread in New worktree mode, sent from the web UI, provisioned its worktree in the custom folder, and the provider session started there:

$ git -C ~/wt-demo-repo worktree list
/home/julius/wt-demo-repo                                   ee3039d [main]
/home/julius/wt-demo-external/wt-demo-repo/t3code-885ab081  ee3039d [t3code/885ab081]

provider-session.attached  cwd=/home/julius/wt-demo-external/wt-demo-repo/t3code-885ab081

The test machine has a single disk, so the custom folder sits on the same drive. Other drives go through the same code path.

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The change adds a per-machine worktree location setting. The server uses current and previous configured locations for worktree creation, review-path validation, and cleanup. The Storage settings panel exposes the setting when connected environments support it.

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Worktree Location

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Directory contract and creation packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts, apps/server/src/worktreesDirectory.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts	The settings contracts add current and previous worktree-directory fields. The Git driver resolves the configured directory and uses it to build a worktree path when no explicit path is provided. GitManager passes the setting to both worktree-creation flows, and the server descriptor advertises the capability.
Setting history and Storage UI packages/shared/src/serverSettings.ts, packages/shared/src/serverSettings.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/StorageSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md	Settings patches retain prior nonempty worktree directories when the current value changes. The Storage panel displays the setting for supported environments. Search and documentation describe the setting.
Managed-directory validation and cleanup apps/server/src/review/ReviewService.ts, apps/server/src/review/ReviewService.test.ts, apps/server/src/storageCleanup.ts	Review-path validation accepts paths inside the workspace root or a managed worktree directory. Cleanup discovers available managed roots and checks worktree paths against them.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitManager
  participant ServerSettingsService
  participant GitVcsDriverCore
  GitManager->>ServerSettingsService: Read worktreesDirectory
  GitManager->>GitVcsDriverCore: Pass worktreesDirectory to createWorktree
  GitVcsDriverCore->>GitVcsDriverCore: Resolve directory and build worktree path

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Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#12009: Adds the same worktree-directory setting and updates worktree creation and review-path checks.
• pingdotgg/t3code#10589: Adds a different setting to configure the parent directory used for new Git worktrees.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 677a7

The new worktree location setting now rejects a filesystem root, including through a symlink, when reviewing diffs or cleaning up worktrees. An unavailable custom or previous folder no longer blocks review or cleanup in the default location. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: users can choose where new worktrees are created.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, the change, its scope, and verification. It links the related discussion and includes screenshots plus a manual test and test results. It does not include an expl…
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apps/web/src/components/settings/StorageSettings.tsx (1)

64-79: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Input is uncontrolled with defaultValue and a state-derived key.

The input remounts when settings.worktreesDirectory or mixed changes. This hides the stale-value risk, but a remount while the user types discards the draft. A background settings update, such as a refresh from another client, triggers this remount. Use a controlled value with local draft state. Sync the draft from settings.worktreesDirectory when no edit is in progress.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/settings/StorageSettings.tsx around
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Update the Worktree location input in StorageSettings to use a controlled value
backed by local draft state instead of defaultValue and the state-derived key,
so settings refreshes do not discard in-progress typing. Sync the draft from
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- Around line 180-188: Update the root-resolution loop in `storageCleanup` so a
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/settings/StorageSettings.tsx:
- Around line 64-79: Update the Worktree location input in StorageSettings to
use a controlled value backed by local draft state instead of defaultValue and
the state-derived key, so settings refreshes do not discard in-progress typing.
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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This adds a cross-cutting worktree-location capability spanning settings, VCS creation, review validation, cleanup, and UI rather than a small isolated change. Unresolved concerns remain around custom-location session discovery and symlinked filesystem roots, including a substantive security/privacy question in the creation path.

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Re the CodeRabbit nitpick on the uncontrolled Worktree location input: keeping it. It follows the existing pattern in BranchNamingSettings (keyed defaultValue, commit on blur). The remount only happens when the saved value itself changes from another client mid-edit, where showing the newer saved value is reasonable. Not worth a second input pattern here.

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