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Multica Eve 7bb8076ed0 feat(daemon): worktree_pool mode for local_directory (MUL-3483) (#4986)
* feat(daemon): add worktree_pool mode for local_directory (MUL-3483)

## What changed

Squad workflows bound to the same `local_directory` resource used to
serialise on a single path mutex — a documented pain point from GitHub
issue #4377. This introduces an opt-in `worktree_pool` mode on the
`local_directory` project resource. When enabled, each task gets its own
`git worktree add` under a daemon-managed pool root, so sibling tasks on
the same base repo now run truly in parallel while `git worktree
add/remove/prune` stays serialised behind a per-repo mutex.

## Shape

- `local_directory.resource_ref` gains three optional fields:
  `mode` ("in_place" default / "worktree_pool"), `pool_root` (defaults
  to `<parent>/.multica-worktrees/<base>`), `max_parallel` (defaults
  to 4). Legacy rows are byte-identical after round-trip: the server
  validator strips the pool fields on the default in_place path so
  older clients keep behaving exactly as before.
- New `WorktreePoolManager` (`server/internal/daemon/worktree_pool.go`)
  owns pool allocation, per-repo git-metadata mutex, and cleanup.
- `acquireLocalDirectoryLockIfNeeded` now branches on the ref's mode.
  in_place stays on `LocalPathLocker` and the shared tree; worktree_pool
  routes through the pool manager, publishes a lease keyed by task ID,
  and pins the agent to the freshly allocated worktree in
  `execenv.PrepareParams.LocalWorkDir`.
- Pool saturation is a structured wait_reason
  (`worktree_pool saturated (N/M) on <path> (holders: ...)`), retrying
  on the existing cancel-poll interval — same UX as the historical
  path-mutex wait.

## Safety guardrails (also known footguns from prior art)

- Repos with initialised submodules are refused up front. Multi-checkout
  of a superproject is explicitly unsupported by `git worktree(1)` BUGS
  and the per-worktree `modules/` directories bloat disk by pool size ×.
- Dirty worktrees are NEVER `--force` removed on release. If the agent
  left uncommitted changes behind we keep the directory (and free the
  slot) so users can inspect. This is the failure mode
  claude-code#55724 documented and the pool must not regress into.
- The per-repo mutex covers every `git worktree add/remove/prune` and
  `submodule status` invocation for a given base, matching the
  in-process-queue fix Anthropic settled on for claude-code#34645
  (`.git/config.lock` races on concurrent add).
- Task UUID is the source of truth for both branch (`multica/<uuid>`)
  and worktree path (`<pool_root>/<uuid>`) so a single agent running
  multiple worker tasks in parallel can never collide.
- Non-empty leftover directories at the target path abort the
  allocation instead of silently starting the agent in an unknown state.

## Explicit MVP non-goals (deferred, tracked as follow-up work)

- Windows worktree-remove retry (permission-denied on locked handles).
- Detached-HEAD fast path for read-only exploration tasks.
- `post-checkout` hook opt-out / serialisation.
- Automatic `git lfs install`.
- UI surfacing of the pool state / dirty worktree list.

## Tests

- `worktree_pool_test.go` (new): full acquire→release lifecycle,
  parallel allocation, saturation with holder list, slot re-use after
  release, dirty-worktree preservation, concurrent-acquire serialisation
  (the config.lock guard), submodule refusal, missing base rejection,
  pool root auto-mkdir, non-empty leftover refusal, ctx cancel.
- Handler validator gains three rejection cases (unknown mode, relative
  pool_root, negative max_parallel) and a round-trip test that pins the
  normalised JSON shape for both modes.
- Daemon `localDirectoryRef` helpers get a defaults test and the pool
  root path derivation is pinned.

## Wire-compat and rollout

- Default off. Existing rows keep the historical shape (no `mode`,
  `pool_root`, or `max_parallel` in the JSON) and behave exactly as
  before.
- Opt-in via `--ref '{"local_path":"...","daemon_id":"...","mode":"worktree_pool"}'`
  today. CLI flag shortcuts (`--mode`, `--pool-root`, `--max-parallel`)
  can follow in a small tail PR — not blocking.
- No DB migration. No UI change required.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

* feat(daemon): address worktree_pool review nits (MUL-3483)

Follow-up to #4986. Three non-blocking review points from GPT-Boy:

1. **Daemon integration test for lease → runTask plumbing.**
   `TestAcquireLocalDirectory_WorktreePoolPublishesLease` (and its
   in_place counterpart) pin the exact contract runTask relies on
   when it reads `d.localLeases.Load(task.ID)` and feeds
   `lease.WorkDir` into `execenv.PrepareParams.LocalWorkDir`. A future
   refactor that drops the Store, mistypes the key, or swaps back to
   `assignment.AbsPath` on the pool branch will now fail here rather
   than silently defeat the whole point of worktree_pool mode.

2. **Untracked-only dirty case now classifies as dirty.**
   `worktreeIsDirty` used `--untracked-files=no`, which meant a
   worktree with only untracked files was reported "clean" and hit
   the `git worktree remove` branch — git itself would then refuse
   the removal because the file exists (so no data was lost), but the
   log path lied about what happened on disk. Switching to
   `--untracked-files=normal` routes agents' fresh drafts directly
   through the "leaving on disk for user inspection" branch, and
   `TestWorktreePool_UntrackedOnlyIsKept` pins the guarantee so
   nobody quietly reverts the flag later.

3. **Skill doc note on default `pool_root` location.**
   `multica-projects-and-resources/SKILL.md` now spells out the three
   new ref fields (`mode`, `pool_root`, `max_parallel`), the default
   `<parent>/.multica-worktrees/<repo>` location (next to the repo,
   not inside it), the write-permission requirement on the parent
   directory, and the submodule restriction — so agents advising
   self-host users hit the right doc line rather than reading source.

Existing test suite still green:
- `go vet ./...` clean
- `go test ./internal/daemon/... ./internal/handler/... ./internal/service/...` all pass

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

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Co-authored-by: Eve <eve@multica-ai.local>
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
2026-07-07 14:10:07 +08:00
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