fix(maestro): suffix branch name on new-branch worktree collision

git worktree add -b fails outright when the branch already exists, even
if the target directory is free. A random fast-forward handle commonly
collides with a branch an earlier, already-removed worktree left behind.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/SIDEBAR.md

@@ -307,10 +307,9 @@ lands on the first row it was hiding. A highlight parked on a skipped row —
 reachable by clicking a folder header — still steps to its neighbour rather
 than jumping to the end of the list.
 
-The web client needs a chord to reach the list at all (leader-`h` — `Ctrl+A h`
-by default — and the same chord back): an attached terminal owns every plain
-keystroke, and Escape is left to reach the pane's shell/app instead. The TUI
-uses `ctrl-w h`.
+The web client needs a chord to reach the list at all (`Ctrl+Shift+H`, and the
+same chord back): an attached terminal owns every plain keystroke. The TUI uses
+`ctrl-w h`.
 
 Everything else is the same key on both clients:
 

web/src/attach.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { Terminal } from "@xterm/xterm";
 import "@xterm/xterm/css/xterm.css";
 
 import { attachWsUrl } from "./routes.js";
+import { FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+import { CommandSet, defineCommands } from "./commands.js";
 import { escapeHtml } from "./html.js";
 import { INITIAL_RECONNECT_MS, MAX_RECONNECT_MS } from "./reconnect.js";
 import { applyModsToChar, cursorSeq, tildeSeq } from "./keys.js";
@@ -12,6 +14,15 @@ import { splitCommand, toolIconSvg } from "./toolIcon.js";
 import type { ClientControl, Uuid } from "./types.js";
 import { WebglPolicy } from "./webglRenderer.js";
 
+// The pane's half of the command registry (#148): plain Escape hands the
+// keyboard back to the session list, the pair to the list's Tab.
+const paneKeys = new CommandSet(
+  defineCommands({
+    "pane.focusList": () => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT)),
+  }),
+  { preventDefault: false },
+);
+
 /** One budget for the whole page — see webglRenderer.ts for why contexts are
  *  rationed rather than handed to every connection. */
 const webglPolicy = new WebglPolicy();
@@ -210,6 +221,15 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
     }
   }
 
+  // Plain Escape hands the keyboard back to the session list instead of the
+  // shell/app. `false` tells xterm to skip its own handling of this event —
+  // which is also why the set doesn't `preventDefault`: swallowing here is
+  // xterm's return value, not the browser's.
+  term.attachCustomKeyEventHandler((e) => {
+    if (e.type !== "keydown") return true;
+    return !paneKeys.handle(e);
+  });
+
   // Touch scrolling: xterm's built-in touch handling is jittery (drags crawl a
   // line at a time and stall), so map finger drags ourselves. Two routes:
   //   • normal buffer  → term.scrollLines walks the scrollback.
@@ -359,9 +379,6 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   let ws: WebSocket;
   let reconnectMs = INITIAL_RECONNECT_MS;
   let reconnectTimer: number | null = null;
-  // Snapshot replay starts at row zero, which can leave Codex at its oldest line.
-  // Follow it once per socket; later scrolling remains under the operator's control.
-  let awaitingReplay = true;
 
   const sendControl = (msg: ClientControl) => {
     if (ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) return;
@@ -381,7 +398,6 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   };
 
   function connect(): void {
-    awaitingReplay = true;
     ws = new WebSocket(attachWsUrl(sessionId));
     ws.binaryType = "arraybuffer";
 
@@ -402,20 +418,10 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
         return;
       }
       if (ev.data instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-        const replay = awaitingReplay;
-        awaitingReplay = false;
-        term.write(new Uint8Array(ev.data), () => {
-          if (replay) term.scrollToBottom();
-        });
+        term.write(new Uint8Array(ev.data));
       } else if (ev.data instanceof Blob) {
         // Some browsers may default to Blob despite binaryType="arraybuffer".
-        void ev.data.arrayBuffer().then((b) => {
-          const replay = awaitingReplay;
-          awaitingReplay = false;
-          term.write(new Uint8Array(b), () => {
-            if (replay) term.scrollToBottom();
-          });
-        });
+        ev.data.arrayBuffer().then((b) => term.write(new Uint8Array(b)));
       }
     };
 
@@ -464,12 +470,6 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   const resizeDisp = term.onResize(({ cols, rows }) => {
     sendControl({ type: "Resize", cols, rows });
   });
-  // xterm has no built-in copy-on-select; mirror the selection to the
-  // clipboard ourselves (best-effort — insecure contexts lack the API).
-  const selectionDisp = term.onSelectionChange(() => {
-    const text = term.getSelection();
-    if (text) void navigator.clipboard?.writeText(text).catch(() => {});
-  });
 
   window.addEventListener("resize", onResize);
   const visual = window.visualViewport ?? null;
@@ -525,7 +525,6 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
       visual?.removeEventListener("resize", onResize);
       dataDisp.dispose();
       resizeDisp.dispose();
-      selectionDisp.dispose();
       releaseWebgl();
       try {
         ws.close();

web/src/catalog.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ export function requestOpenCommandBar(): void {
  *  connection pool. */
 export const FOCUS_PANE_EVENT = "catalog-focus-pane";
 
+/** Ask the shell to hand the keyboard back to the session list — what Escape
+ *  does when the pane's terminal is focused. Handled in main.ts. */
+export const FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT = "catalog-focus-sidebar";
+
 /** Ask the shell to open the spawn modal seeded from an existing session
  *  ("Spawn similar"). Detail is the session being cloned. */
 export const SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT = "catalog-spawn-similar";

web/src/commands.test.ts

@@ -133,28 +133,31 @@ describe("CommandSet", () => {
     expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
-  it("keeps plain keys deaf inside a form field, and leader chords live from the pane", () => {
+  it("keeps plain keys deaf inside a form field, and chorded ones live", () => {
     const plain = vi.fn();
     const chorded = vi.fn();
     const set = new CommandSet(
-      defineCommands({ "spawn.open": plain, "focus.toggle": chorded }, DEFAULT_LEADER),
-      { leader: DEFAULT_LEADER },
+      defineCommands({ "spawn.open": plain, "focus.toggle": chorded }),
     );
     const input = el("<input>");
     expect(pressOn(set, input, "n")).toBe(false);
     expect(plain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    // focus.toggle hangs off the leader (#166): a plain, unmodified Escape is
-    // left for the pane's shell/app instead.
-    const terminal = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
-    pressOn(set, terminal, "a", { ctrlKey: true });
-    expect(pressOn(set, terminal, "h")).toBe(true);
+    expect(pressOn(set, input, "H", { ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true })).toBe(true);
     expect(chorded).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it("leaves a plain Escape for the pane instead of binding it", () => {
-    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "spawn.open": vi.fn() }));
+  it("keeps pane commands live inside the terminal's textarea", () => {
+    const run = vi.fn();
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "pane.focusList": run }), {
+      preventDefault: false,
+    });
     const textarea = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
-    expect(pressOn(set, textarea, "Escape")).toBe(false);
+    const e = key("Escape");
+    Object.defineProperty(e, "target", { value: textarea });
+    expect(set.handle(e)).toBe(true);
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // xterm is told to swallow by the return value, not by the browser default.
+    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
   });
 });
 
@@ -170,7 +173,6 @@ describe("the leader", () => {
     const byId = new Map(commandSpecs("ctrl-b").map((s) => [s.id, s]));
     expect(byId.get("pane.literalCtrlK")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b ctrl-k"]);
     expect(byId.get("pane.literalLeader")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b ctrl-b"]);
-    expect(byId.get("focus.toggle")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b h"]);
     // Commands that do not hang off the leader are untouched.
     expect(byId.get("bar.open")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-k"]);
   });

web/src/commands.ts

@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ const SPECS: readonly SpecSource[] = [
     id: "focus.toggle",
     label: "Move the keyboard between the session list and the pane",
     group: "Session list",
-    keys: [`${DEFAULT_LEADER} h`],
-    leaderKeys: (leader) => [`${leader} h`],
+    keys: ["ctrl-shift-h"],
     scope: "global",
   },
   {
@@ -146,6 +145,13 @@ const SPECS: readonly SpecSource[] = [
     keys: ["tab"],
     scope: "list",
   },
+  {
+    id: "pane.focusList",
+    label: "Hand the keyboard back to the session list, from the pane",
+    group: "Session list",
+    keys: ["esc"],
+    scope: "pane",
+  },
   {
     id: "help.toggle",
     label: "Show or hide this help",

web/src/layout.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import {
   emptyLayout,
-  equalizeRatios,
   leaves,
   locateSession,
   openSessions,
@@ -45,23 +44,6 @@ describe("splitLeaf", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("equalizeRatios", () => {
-  it("resets nested splits to equal width, not just the newest one", () => {
-    const tab = tabWithOneLeaf("s1");
-    const first = leaves(tab.root)[0].id;
-    splitLeaf(tab, first, "s2", "row", true); // A|B, 0.5/0.5
-    const second = leaves(tab.root)[1].id;
-    splitLeaf(tab, second, "s3", "row", true); // A(0.5) | (B|C, 0.5/0.5) -> B,C at 0.25 each
-
-    equalizeRatios(tab.root);
-
-    const root = tab.root as Extract<typeof tab.root, { kind: "split" }>;
-    expect(root.ratio).toBeCloseTo(1 / 3);
-    const inner = root.b as Extract<typeof root.b, { kind: "split" }>;
-    expect(inner.ratio).toBeCloseTo(1 / 2);
-  });
-});
-
 describe("removeLeaf", () => {
   it("collapses the parent split into the surviving sibling", () => {
     const tab = tabWithOneLeaf("s1");

web/src/layout.ts

@@ -118,17 +118,6 @@ export function removeLeaf(tab: Tab, leafId: string): void {
   tab.root = tab.root ? rec(tab.root) : null;
 }
 
-/** Reset every split ratio under `node` so all leaves get equal width,
- *  regardless of split direction or nesting order. Returns the leaf count. */
-export function equalizeRatios(node: Node | null): number {
-  if (!node) return 0;
-  if (node.kind === "leaf") return 1;
-  const na = equalizeRatios(node.a);
-  const nb = equalizeRatios(node.b);
-  node.ratio = na / (na + nb);
-  return na + nb;
-}
-
 export function addTab(layout: Layout): Tab {
   const tab: Tab = {
     id: freshId("t"),

web/src/main.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { loadLayout, saveLayout } from "./persistence.js";
 import { createPreviewSchedule } from "./previewSchedule.js";
 import {
   FOCUS_PANE_EVENT,
+  FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT,
   OPEN_COMMAND_BAR_EVENT,
   OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT,
   SESSION_SELECT_EVENT,
@@ -439,11 +440,10 @@ const spawnKeys = new CommandSet(
   }),
 );
 
-// Leader-h moves the keyboard between the session list and the pane, the web
-// counterpart of the TUI's `ctrl-w h`. It has to be a chord behind the
-// leader: an attached terminal owns every plain keystroke, and Ctrl+Shift+H
-// is already claimed by the browser (history), so nothing unmodified — or
-// modified with a common browser chord — could get the focus back out of it.
+// Ctrl+Shift+H moves the keyboard between the session list and the pane, the
+// web counterpart of the TUI's `ctrl-w h`. It has to be a chord: an attached
+// terminal owns every plain keystroke, so nothing unmodified could ever get
+// the focus back out of it.
 //
 // This set also owns the leader (`[tui].leader`, `ctrl-a` by default, served
 // on `/api/info`): it holds the key as a partial chord and takes select-all off
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ window.addEventListener(
 );
 
 
-// Tab in the session list hands the keyboard to the pane; leader-h (focus.toggle,
-// above) hands it back the other way.
+// Tab in the session list hands the keyboard to the pane; Escape in the pane
+// hands it back — the pair the TUI gets from `tab` and `esc`.
 document.addEventListener(FOCUS_PANE_EVENT, () => {
   // Handing the keyboard to a previewed pane is choosing it: the preview stops
   // being provisional rather than snapping back the moment the list blurs.
@@ -537,6 +537,10 @@ document.addEventListener(FOCUS_PANE_EVENT, () => {
   if (previewed) focusSession(previewed);
   pool.focusTerminal();
 });
+document.addEventListener(FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT, () => {
+  drawer.open(); // no-op on desktop; on mobile the list is off-canvas
+  sidebar.focusList();
+});
 
 /** Open/focus a session and reflect it in the shell chrome. Shared by the
  *  hash router and the sidebar's click-driven path (#133), which can't rely

web/src/multiview.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   activeTab,
   addTab,
   closeTab,
-  equalizeRatios,
   findLeaf,
   freshId,
   type Dir,
@@ -458,7 +457,6 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
     dropPreview();
     const tab = activeTab(layout);
     tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, leafId, null, dir, true);
-    equalizeRatios(tab.root);
     render();
   }
 
@@ -544,7 +542,6 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
       target.sessionId = sessionId;
     } else {
       tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, target.id, sessionId, "row", true);
-      equalizeRatios(tab.root);
     }
     render();
     opts.onOpenSessionsChange?.();
@@ -818,7 +815,6 @@ export function createMultiView(opts: MultiViewOptions): MultiView {
     if (source.kind === "pane" && self) removeLeaf(tab, self);
     else if (loc) removeLeaf(loc.tab, loc.leaf.id);
     tab.focusedLeafId = splitLeaf(tab, targetLeafId, sessionId, dir, after);
-    equalizeRatios(tab.root);
     render();
   }