Improve deleting worktrees and their branches - #5748
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Pull the merged-check-and-force-warning step and the actual git deletion out of ConfirmLocalDelete and ConfirmLocalAndRemoteDelete into helpers, so that the upcoming worktree-aware delete flows can reuse them instead of duplicating the logic. No behavior change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Split the actual worktree removal out of the confirmation in Remove into a non-confirming helper, and give both Remove and Detach an optional `then` continuation that runs after a successful removal in place of the default refresh. Upcoming flows need to delete the worktree's branch once the worktree is out of the way; threading a continuation through (rather than the caller firing branch deletion independently) keeps it ordered after the git command that actually frees the branch. No behavior change yet. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
When you delete a local branch that's checked out in another worktree, the
menu offered to remove or detach the worktree but then stopped there, leaving
the branch you asked to delete still around. Now both actions delete the branch
afterwards, and the labels say so ("Remove worktree and delete branch" /
"Detach worktree and delete branch") to avoid surprises.
Also drop the "Switch to worktree" item: switching abandons the delete the user
asked for, and it's already reachable by checking out the branch or via the
worktrees panel. And drop the now-redundant "remove worktree?" confirmation:
the explicit menu pick is the confirmation (the dirty-worktree force prompt and
the unmerged-branch warning still appear when relevant).
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Picking "Delete local and remote branch" for a single branch that's checked out in another worktree used to fail with "Some of the selected branches are checked out by other worktrees. Select them one by one to delete them." That message only makes sense for a multi-selection; for a single branch there's no reason we can't remove the worktree and delete both the local and remote branch in one go. Route that case through the same worktree menu as the local-only delete, with labels that spell out that the remote goes too. The multi-select error stays for actual multi-selections. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pressing `d` on a worktree only ever removed the worktree, leaving its branch behind even though deleting it too is often what you want. Turn the confirmation into a menu: "Remove worktree", "Remove worktree and delete branch", and "Remove worktree and delete local and remote branch". The branch-deleting items come after the plain removal (they do more harm if picked by accident); both are greyed out for a detached-HEAD worktree, and the local-and-remote one is also greyed when the branch has no upstream. The plain menu pick is the confirmation, so the standalone "remove worktree?" prompt is gone (and its now-dead translation string with it); the dirty-worktree force prompt and the unmerged-branch warning still appear when relevant. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This PR improves three rough edges around deleting worktrees and the branches checked out in them:
Deleting a branch that's checked out in another worktree now actually deletes the branch. The menu used to offer to remove or detach the worktree but then stop there, leaving behind the very branch you asked to delete. Both actions now delete the branch afterwards, and the labels say so ("Remove worktree and delete branch" / "Detach worktree and delete branch"). The old "Switch to worktree" entry is dropped — it's not a useful option in the context of deleting a branch.
A branch's local branch, remote branch, and worktree can be deleted in one step. Picking "Delete local and remote branch" for a single branch that's checked out in another worktree used to fail with a confusing "select them one by one" error (which only makes sense for a multi-selection). It now goes through the same worktree menu, with labels that make clear the remote is deleted too.
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don a worktree can delete its branch. The plain confirmation becomes a menu: "Remove worktree", "Remove worktree and delete branch", and "Remove worktree and delete local and remote branch".Throughout, the explicit menu choice acts as the confirmation, so the separate "Are you sure you want to remove worktree?" prompt is gone; the dirty-worktree force prompt and the not-fully-merged warning still show up when relevant.
Closes #5205.