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fix: clean up empty parent directories after worktree removal#41
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When using nested branch names like `fix/issue-x`, removing the worktree leaves empty parent directories behind. Add a loop to both wt-rm and wt-destroy that walks up from the target's parent, removing empty directories until it hits the project root or a non-empty directory. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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wt-rmorwt-destroyremoves a worktree with a nested branch name (e.g.,fix/issue-x), empty parent directories likefix/were left behindtype/scope/name) and is safe when sibling worktrees share a prefixTest plan
wt-add fix/test-1thenwt-rm fix/test-1—fix/directory is removedwt-add fix/aandwt-add fix/b, thenwt-rm fix/a—fix/still exists (hasfix/b)wt-rm fix/b—fix/is now removedwt-add deep/nested/branch, thenwt-destroy deep/nested/branch— bothdeep/nested/anddeep/are removedwt-add flat-branch, thenwt-rm flat-branch— no parent cleanup needed, works as before🤖 Generated with Claude Code