Dev finds 129 Claude-created worktrees piling up in his repo
alec_helbling · x · 2026-09-08
Developer alechelbling set out to casually clean up the worktrees Claude had created in his repo — and found a whopping 129 of them. A relatable snapshot of how autonomous coding agents can litter repositories with temporary worktrees at scale.
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