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When Codez replaces .claude/ with a symlink in worktrees, git operations (merge, stash, checkout) fail with "beyond a symbolic link" errors. Fix by adding .claude to the repo's info/exclude and removing it from the worktree's index after symlinking. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.claude/with a symlink to the main repo's.claude/directory. Git operations (merge, stash, checkout) then fail witherror: '.claude/...' is beyond a symbolic linkbecause git refuses to write tracked files through symlinks..claudeto the repo'sinfo/excludeand remove.claudeentries from the worktree's index viagit rm --cached. This makes git ignore the symlinked.claudein worktrees while the main repo continues to track it normally.Test plan
.claudeis added toinfo/excludeand doesn't show as untracked ingit statusgit mergeworks in worktree after.claudeis symlinked (no "beyond a symbolic link" error).claudeentries aren't added to exclude file🤖 Generated with Claude Code