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Summary

  • Make WT an agent-first Git worktree manager for LLM agents, with one unified manager for concurrent coding-agent worktrees.
  • Replace the legacy Python distribution with one TypeScript CLI bundled as dist/wt.cjs for standalone, global npm, and local npm use.
  • Add shell-init support, standalone self-update, release-based installation, checksum and redirect validation, atomic rollback, and safe profile integration.
  • Add local/global npm package smoke tests and package-boundary checks.
  • Add deterministic release assets, idempotent release gates, GitHub Releases automation, npm Trusted Publishing, and the Node 18/20/22/24 Ubuntu/macOS/Windows CI matrix.
  • Remove obsolete Python distribution paths and document installation, migration, releases, and update behavior.

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  • 98 tests passed, 2 expected Windows skips
  • npm package and standalone artifact parity verified
  • Installer, checksum, redirect, profile, rollback, and release-gate tests passed
  • npm check, pack check, smoke, installer syntax, zsh syntax, and diff checks passed

Native Windows, Fish, PowerShell, actionlint, and hosted runner execution remain CI validation items because they are unavailable locally.

The release workflow is configured to publish and create the matching GitHub Release after an approved version bump is merged to main.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a unified Node.js CLI for worktree creation, listing, navigation, removal, updates, and shell initialization.
    • Added standalone macOS/Linux installation and global or local npm installation options.
    • Added Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell integration.
    • Added checksum-verified updates with rollback-safe installation.
    • Added support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  • Documentation

    • Updated installation, migration, command, release, and development guidance for Node.js 18+.
  • Chores

    • Removed legacy Python distribution paths.
    • Updated CI and release validation across supported platforms.

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This PR replaces the Python distribution path with a bundled Node.js CLI. It adds TypeScript sources, Node-based installation, update, packaging, release, and test flows, updates documentation, and removes legacy Python runtime files and tests.

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Unified Node distribution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build, runtime, state, and locking
package.json, tsconfig.json, scripts/build.mjs, src/*, .gitignore
The project builds dist/wt.cjs from TypeScript. Runtime helpers, configuration, Git operations, atomic state persistence, naming, output, worktree services, and cross-platform locking are added.
CLI commands and shell integration
src/cli.ts, src/commands/*, src/shell-init.ts, shell/*
The CLI dispatches worktree commands, update, shell initialization, and help/version flags. Shell wrappers process the first valid __cd__: sentinel and preserve command status.
Installer, packaging, updates, and releases
install.sh, src/update.ts, scripts/*, .github/workflows/ci.yml
The installer validates release assets and performs staged replacement with rollback. Packaging and release scripts validate versions, checksums, npm integrity, tags, and existing GitHub Release assets.
Node tests and migration validation
test/*, .superpowers/sdd/*
The Node suite covers CLI behavior, lifecycle operations, locking, installer and update flows, packaging, release gates, shell integration, and parity checks.
Documentation and legacy cleanup
README.md, AGENTS.md, CHANGELOG.md, docs/*, skills/wt/SKILL.md, bin/wt, npm/wt.cjs, tests/*
Documentation now describes Node distribution and migration. The Python CLI, npm launcher, Python helpers, and Python tests are removed.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2d909

A valid release may not publish when its version bump is followed by another commit in the same push. Windows shell coverage also remains incomplete, so these risks should be resolved before merge.

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  GitHubAPI-->>install.sh: return tag and asset URLs
  install.sh->>ReleaseAssets: download release assets
  ReleaseAssets-->>install.sh: return payloads
  install.sh->>Filesystem: validate and atomically install files
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  CI->>build-release.mjs: build release assets
  CI->>release-gates.mjs: validate release state
  CI->>npm: publish or reuse package
  CI->>GitHubRelease: create release when missing
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Line 100: Remove the unsupported package-manager-cache input from the
actions/setup-node@v4 configuration, leaving package-manager caching disabled
without changing unrelated workflow settings.
- Line 231: Update the publish workflow step containing npm publish to install
npm 11.5.1 before publishing, ensuring the publish command uses that version
while preserving the existing tarball and public access arguments.

In `@install.sh`:
- Around line 30-32: Remove the unused curl/wget detection and failure gate from
the installer, including the downloader assignment. Keep downloads routed
through download_with_redirects, which uses Node.js HTTP modules, so Node.js 18+
hosts without curl or wget remain supported.
- Line 279: Guard the rollback invocation in the recovery path so its nonzero
return value does not trigger set -e before the following recovery message
executes. Update the rollback call near the existing recovery message,
preserving the current rollback behavior and ensuring lines that report retained
rollback artifacts always run.

In `@scripts/build-release.mjs`:
- Around line 83-85: Update the default staging-directory creation in the
release flow to use mkdtemp for a private, unpredictable directory, while
preserving the existing explicit directory behavior unchanged. Adjust the
surrounding cleanup and creation logic so the default path is not predictably
removed and recreated; use the existing releaseDirectory flow and version prefix
as appropriate.

In `@scripts/check-npm-package.mjs`:
- Line 45: Update every execFileSync call in the check script, including run()
and the calls near the other referenced locations, to enable shell execution on
Windows so npm, npx, and wt .cmd shims run without EINVAL; preserve the existing
commands and arguments.

In `@scripts/release-gates.mjs`:
- Line 48: Update the argument parsing around remoteIndex and npmReleaseDecision
so --remote without a following value is rejected rather than treated as absent;
preserve the existing behavior for a valid remote integrity value and ensure
malformed input cannot reach the publish decision path.

In `@scripts/run-tests.mjs`:
- Line 18: Update the test process launch around spawn so Windows invokes tsx
through the Node executable instead of directly spawning tsx.cmd, while
preserving direct tsx execution on other platforms and the existing test
arguments and stdio behavior.

In `@shell/wt.ps1`:
- Line 29: Update the Set-Location call in the worktree wrapper to use
-ErrorAction Stop, catch the resulting failure, and return a nonzero status from
the catch path before assigning the successful $wtStatus to
$global:LASTEXITCODE.

In `@src/naming.ts`:
- Line 46: Update the explicit-name check in the naming flow to distinguish
undefined from an empty string, so an empty name proceeds to the existing
validation error at the following lines while only an omitted name calls
generateName. Preserve the current validation behavior for other invalid
explicit names.

In `@src/runtime.ts`:
- Line 28: Update the executable path initialization in the runtime
classification flow to use normalizePath() so Unix bin symlinks are resolved
before npm channel detection. Preserve the existing fallback order of
options.executablePath, process.argv[1], and process.execPath.

In `@src/shell-init.ts`:
- Line 15: Update the marker parsing in the Bash/Zsh and Fish wrapper logic,
including the shell-init wrapper, to recognize Windows drive-rooted paths such
as C:\... and UNC paths such as \\server\share\... in addition to existing /*
markers. Ensure these markers are consumed and passed through the existing cd
flow rather than left visible and skipped.

In `@src/worktrees.ts`:
- Line 143: Update the worktree removal flow around deleteBranch and freeSlot so
the slot is persisted immediately after successful worktree removal, even when
branch cleanup fails. Handle deleteBranch failure separately while preserving
the cleanup error behavior, ensuring the state no longer reserves a removed
worktree.

In `@test/installer.test.ts`:
- Around line 310-312: Guard the zsh syntax assertion in the installer test by
checking whether the zsh executable is available before invoking spawnSync; skip
only that syntax check when unavailable, while preserving the existing
profile-content assertions.

In `@test/update.test.ts`:
- Line 62: Replace the custom dirnameFor implementation with node:path.dirname
when determining the fixture parent directory, preserving correct handling of
platform-specific separators from join().

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1-14: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make shell availability probing cross-platform.

If process.platform === "win32", commandExists should use where.exe or probe the target executable directly. Otherwise, an unavailable sh makes the pwsh check return false, so the Windows CI test skips PowerShell validation. The Windows CI job runs test/shell-init.test.ts, but it does not ensure this branch executes.

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In `@test/shell-init.test.ts` around lines 1 - 14, Update commandExists to probe
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117-120: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Compare the full push range when deciding whether to release.

When a push contains a version-bump commit followed by another commit, HEAD^:package.json already contains the new version. The workflow then skips the release. Use github.event.before as previous, with the all-zero SHA fallback for the first push.

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       - name: Skip main pushes without a version change
         id: version_change
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        env:
+          PUSH_BASE: ${{ github.event.before }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          previous="$(git rev-parse HEAD^ 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          previous="$PUSH_BASE"
           changed=true
-          if [ -n "$previous" ] && git show "$previous:package.json" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/previous-package.json" 2>/dev/null; then
+          if [ -n "$previous" ] &&
+             [ "$previous" != "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ] &&
+             git show "$previous:package.json" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/previous-package.json" 2>/dev/null; then
             changed="$(node scripts/release-gates.mjs version-change --previous "$RUNNER_TEMP/previous-package.json" --current package.json)"
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