[zolotarev]

Friction — after a module was merged, gc --remove left every copy in place:

• a copy with a populated submodule: git worktree remove refuses it without --force (working trees containing submodules cannot be moved or removed);
• a copy whose status lists modified files while their content equals HEAD (a pre-commit hook stashed and restored them): reported as dirty copy.

Seen once in one project: 5 of 5 copies of a merged module were skipped; removed by hand.

Change (remove_copy)

• tracked changes block removal only if git diff --quiet HEAD reports a difference (any non-zero exit, incl. errors, counts as dirty);
• new submodule check: git status --porcelain and commits on no remote (rev-list --branches HEAD --not --remotes) in every initialized submodule block removal — the submodule repository is deleted with the copy; an uninitialized submodule has no checkout, so no work to lose;
• after the checks, worktree remove --force always.

Review rework

• test: a submodule commit recorded in the copy's branch but pushed nowhere blocks removal;
• title narrowed to the case tested (staged vs worktree restored to HEAD); mode/CRLF-only changes are real diffs and still block;
• tools/metrics.py --check passes (force 22); full suite 209 OK; VERSION 36, CHANGELOG line.

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[github-actions]

VERDICT: rework

• Data loss risk: lib/dpcli/commands/branches.py:~199 now always runs worktree remove --force. A copy's submodule git dir lives inside the worktree. A commit made in the submodule and recorded in the copy's branch passes both new checks (diff HEAD is clean, the submodule has no dirty files), and --force then deletes the only copy of that commit. Check that each submodule HEAD is reachable from a ref or remote outside the copy, or refuse. Add a test for it.
• Friction evidence is thin: "Seen ×0 in 0 task(s)" and no open feedback issue. The body names a project ("mobile") and is in Russian, which breaks the English-only and anonymized rules. Rewrite the title and body in English with no project names.
• git diff --quiet HEAD treats any non-zero exit (including git errors, 128) as dirty. That is the safe direction, but the "status noise" case is only covered for staged versus worktree. Add a test for the other noise sources the title mentions (formatter, mode or CRLF-only changes), or narrow the claim.
• git submodule foreach --recursive "git status --porcelain" runs a shell string in every submodule. That is acceptable here since it is a constant, but it adds a process per submodule. Check it still works when a submodule is uninitialized (it is skipped, so any work there is invisible).
• tools/budgets.json risky force counter: the new comment text mentions --force. Confirm the budget check still passes.
• Process is otherwise fine: VERSION 36 bumped and CHANGELOG line added.

[zolotarev]

+1 from another project: ×0 in 0 task(s).

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[github-actions]

VERDICT: rework

• Real friction (feedback label, reproduced in PR body), VERSION 36 + CHANGELOG present, change is small, tests added for the status-noise and submodule cases.
• Fail-open: lib/dpcli/commands/branches.py:192 ignores the returncode of submodule foreach. If it fails (git error, a submodule whose status/rev-list errors), stdout is empty, the check passes, and worktree remove --force deletes the submodule repository with possibly unpushed work. Treat a non-zero exit as blocking, like the diff --quiet check does (e.g. return "cannot check submodules: ").
• Add a test for that path (e.g. a submodule with a broken checkout) so the fail-closed behavior is pinned.
• Minor: stashes in a submodule are not checked and are lost with --force; either check git stash list in the foreach or note the limit in the CHANGELOG.

[zolotarev]

Rework adeb6ce: submodule foreach non-zero exit now blocks removal (cannot check submodules: …), pinned by a test with a broken submodule gitdir; git stash list added to the check, with a test. Full suite 209 OK, tools/metrics.py --check passes.

[github-actions]

VERDICT: accept

• Real friction (feedback label, 5 of 5 copies skipped); the change is small and confined to remove_copy (branches.py:184).
• Safety holds: tracked changes are judged by git diff --quiet HEAD (non-zero or error means dirty), and untracked files still block as before. Submodule status, stash and commits on no remote block removal. A failed submodule check blocks too. --force runs only after those checks.
• Tests cover the status-noise case, a submodule with a work file, a stash, an unpushed submodule commit, a failing check, and the clean removal (tests/test_fixes.py:214+).
• VERSION is 36 with a CHANGELOG line. English only, anonymized, no new dependencies.
• Nit: the # checked above; --force comment is longer than it needs to be. Not blocking.
• I did not run the test suite myself. I'm relying on the stated 209 OK.