Improve automatic cleanup of session worktrees and branches
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描述
I use the GitHub Copilot app across many repositories and parallel sessions. Session isolation through worktrees and branches is valuable, but completed work accumulates quickly.
After several weeks, I had 96 stale local branches and 12 worktrees across 41 repositories. Most branches belonged to merged PRs—especially squash merges—but Git could not reliably identify them as merged. Remote branch deletion also left local branches behind. Only one worktree was truly orphaned, but distinguishing it required substantial manual investigation.
Suggested improvements:
- Optional automatic session archival and worktree cleanup after PR merge
- PR-aware detection of squash-merged branches
- Stale-session reminders based on last activity
- A cleanup dashboard showing session, worktree, local branch, remote branch, PR status, and uncommitted changes together
- A safe “archive session and clean associated Git state” action
- Recovery information before destructive cleanup
Cleanup should remain conservative and never remove unique commits or uncommitted files automatically. The main need is better lifecycle visibility and an explicit, integrated cleanup workflow. Parallel agent sessions make this accumulation inevitable rather than exceptional.
```
{
"type": "eval",
"skill": "github-copilot-app",
"mode": "feature_request",
"severity": "suggestion",
"category": "ux",
"user_input": "Improve automatic lifecycle cleanup for session worktrees and branches.",
"timestamp": "2026-08-11T18:57:18Z",
"session_id": "9a2c908c-134c-4552-b8c3-9e4cfe79b838",
"filed_issue": null
}
```
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.1.6 |
| OS | macOS 26.6.0 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 16 |
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调研方向
Issue 中没有确定文件、测试或入口点。首先明确纳入范围的是哪项 lifecycle-cleanup 能力,然后定义在实现之前必须显示或更改的 session、worktree、branch、PR 和 recovery 状态。
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评估
- 技术栈
- git, github
- 领域
- desktop, developer-experience, tooling
- Issue 类型
- 功能
- 难度
- 5/5
- 预计耗时
- 一周以上
- 活跃度
- 冷清
- 描述清晰度
- 需要澄清
- 新手友好度
- 25/100