fix: no workdir status in bare cross-linked repos#2938
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Keeps PR gitui-org#2938 scoped to bare cross-linked repo status only (gitui-org#2876 is covered separately). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Cross-linked bare repositories (separate-git-dir) are not inside a work tree, so Git CLI refuses status. Return an empty workdir/both status list instead of treating gitdir files as unstaged changes (gitui-org#2867).
Keeps PR gitui-org#2938 scoped to bare cross-linked repo status only (gitui-org#2876 is covered separately).
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Summary
In mutually cross-linked bare repositories (
git init --bare+git init --separate-git-dir=...),git statusfails with this operation must be run in a work tree, but GitUI still listed gitdir files (HEAD,config,hooks/, …) as unstaged changes.get_statusnow returns an empty list forWorkingDirandBothwhen the opened repository is bare and not a linked worktree, matchingis_workdir_cleanand Git CLI behavior.Test plan
cargo test -p asyncgit test_crosslinked_bare_repo_no_workdir_statuscargo test -p asyncgit get_status_with_workdirFixes #2867
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