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The git worktrees your coding agents leave behind, and how to clean them up

Claude Code, Cursor and Codex run in git worktrees so several agents can work at once. Each worktree is a full checkout with its own node_modules and build output, and they pile up quietly. One Claude Code user found 27 forgotten worktrees using 80 GB ( issue 63087 ). 61 Codex worktrees of a Rails…

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  1. 2026-11-14 18:29 · DEV Community — AI
    The git worktrees your coding agents leave behind, and how to clean them up

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