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toolsr/AI_Agents · Oct 11, 2026

Coding agents create branches and worktrees. Who cleans them up?

As coding agents spin up branches, checkpoint commits and worktrees throughout the day, leftover refs pile up: disk usage grows and repository tooling slows down. The discussion converges on separating three jobs — merging the change, cleaning up the workspace, and keeping recovery records — so agent velocity doesn't quietly rot the repo.

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