cli: worktree status and rebase exist only on the MCP surface - bring them to the CLI or pin them agent-only #170

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opened 2026-07-16 21:49:50 +00:00 by hexajon · 1 comment

hexajon commented

2026-07-16 21:49:50 +00:00

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madt_worktrees dispatches list / status / add / remove / rebase / prune. The CLI madtea worktree supports only list / add / remove / prune. The two missing ones are not niche: status is the batch clean/dirty/ahead-behind report across every tree, and rebase is the guarded re-base of a worktree's branch (refuses primary checkouts) - both useful to a human running a multi-worktree setup, not just to agents.

Decide one:

Bring worktree status and worktree rebase to the CLI. Natural fit with the cobra-subcommand conversion in #169; the names already match the MCP actions, so parity is free. COMPARISON.md rows follow.
Pin the asymmetry as deliberate (agent-coordination surface only): record it in the naming-conventions divergence list so the parity story stays honest, and keep docs from advertising them as CLI commands.

Context: the README taught worktree status and worktree rebase as CLI commands until 2026-07-16 (fixed in the readme-edits batch, which now attributes them to MCP). #169 covers the drift-test hole that let that ship.

`madt_worktrees` dispatches list / status / add / remove / rebase / prune. The CLI `madtea worktree` supports only list / add / remove / prune. The two missing ones are not niche: `status` is the batch clean/dirty/ahead-behind report across every tree, and `rebase` is the guarded re-base of a worktree's branch (refuses primary checkouts) - both useful to a human running a multi-worktree setup, not just to agents. Decide one: - **Bring `worktree status` and `worktree rebase` to the CLI.** Natural fit with the cobra-subcommand conversion in #169; the names already match the MCP actions, so parity is free. COMPARISON.md rows follow. - **Pin the asymmetry as deliberate** (agent-coordination surface only): record it in the naming-conventions divergence list so the parity story stays honest, and keep docs from advertising them as CLI commands. Context: the README taught `worktree status` and `worktree rebase` as CLI commands until 2026-07-16 (fixed in the readme-edits batch, which now attributes them to MCP). #169 covers the drift-test hole that let that ship.

hexajon commented

2026-07-17 14:19:32 +00:00

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Parity is ideal, going to bring them in.

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