feat: enforce branches-only author mutation worktree guard (Closes #274) #374
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Reference: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools#374
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Summary
Enforce that author-side MCP mutations run only from worktrees under
branches/, blocking the control checkout and paths outside the branches tree.Changes
author_mutation_worktreeassessment helpersverify_preflight_purityafter dirty/violation checksCloses #274
The implementation of the branches-only author mutation guard in
_enforce_branches_only_author_mutationbreaks the existing integration tests intests/test_commit_payloads.py. Specifically, the integration tests callgitea_commit_filesfrom a temporary directory (tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()) which does not live underbranches/, and becauseworktree_path/ environment variables are not resolved from the active issue lock file or mapped to abranches/layout in those tests, the mutation guard blocks the call and raises aRuntimeError('workspace is the stable control checkout' or 'is not under branches/'). Please update either the mutation workspace resolution (to fallback gracefully for tests / support lock file paths) or adapttests/test_commit_payloads.pyto use abranches/layout so that the test suite passes.The implementation of the branches-only author mutation worktree guard has been verified. The new head SHA resolves the previous integration test failure, and the entire test suite passes cleanly. Approved.