Claude Code Could Delete Your Worktree at Exit: How to Update and Recover Commits
Before 2.1.304, quitting a claude --worktree session could remove the worktree and its branch without asking. The update command, how to check your version, and how to get commits back with git
If you run Claude Code with the --worktree flag, older versions could delete the worktree and its branch when you quit, without asking, when HEAD was detached or on another branch. Commits in it could be lost. Version 2.1.304 fixed it.
Here's the update command, how to check your version, and how to recover commits with git.
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