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Align backlog-burndown's Abandoned-Branch Delete with Its Is-Ancestor Check #3785
Description
.agents/skills/backlog-burndown/SKILL.md, "Cleanup Is the Orchestrator's", the abandoned-group removal: git worktree remove <exact-path>, then git branch -d <exact-branch>.
Defect
The safety check before that removal reads refs/remotes/origin/develop, after git fetch origin develop. A never-pushed branch has no upstream, so git branch -d judges it against the base clone's HEAD, normally local develop. That fetch does not advance local develop.
Failure
Constructed case: the base clone's local develop sits at commit A. origin/develop has moved on to B. A worker's branch feature/example was cut from B and carries no commit of its own. The is-ancestor check against origin/develop passes. git branch -d feature/example then refuses with "not fully merged", since B is not reachable from local develop. The group stops for the maintainer although nothing would be discarded. For a pushed branch with an upstream, -d checks the upstream, which equals the tip, so it adds nothing there either.
repo-worktree "Listing and Cleanup" already notes that -d judges a branch with no upstream against HEAD.
Done When
The abandoned-group removal deletes the local branch by a step whose own check agrees with the is-ancestor check the procedure already ran, or the procedure states why the refusal is wanted.
Found by the local strict review of feature/burn-3772.
Activity
Mark Direct-Push Closures and Close backlog-burndown Cleanup and Clai…
ptr727 commentedon Nov 2, 2026
Released (2026-11-02): PR #3822 merged to develop and its branch is deleted, so this claim holds no files. The issue closes on promotion.
Backlog burndown claim (away run 2026-11-02, round 2, group G2). Branch:
burndown/3786-burndown-cleanup. Issues: #3786, #3785, #3772.Predicted file set:
.agents/skills/backlog-burndown/and its generated trees (.github/skills/backlog-burndown/,.claude-plugin/fleet-skills/skills/backlog-burndown/,.claude-plugin/fleet-skills/.source-digests/backlog-burndown).agents/skills/git-commit-conventions/and its generated trees (.github/skills/git-commit-conventions/,.claude-plugin/fleet-skills/skills/git-commit-conventions/,.claude-plugin/fleet-skills/.source-digests/git-commit-conventions)Out of bounds for this group:
GOVERNANCE.mdand.agents/skills/agent-conduct/(group G3),host-setup/agent-safety/(held in away mode),.agents/skills/repo-worktree/,.agents/skills/decision-triage/.Scope:
developonly. The feature pull request carriesCloses on promotion:for each issue it fully fixes.Adjudication update (2026-11-02): PR #3818 has merged and released
GOVERNANCE.md. The claim grows byGOVERNANCE.md, limited to the one sentence in "Git and Commit Rules" that names thebacklog-burndownabandon discard.Move the Abandon Discard to the Orchestrator, Align the Abandoned-Bra…