fix: harden worktree creation and improve subagent mode support

[mohammedahmed18]

Summary

• Worktree creation is now mandatory: setup_worktree exits with an error instead of silently skipping when the git repo check fails or worktree creation returns None. This prevents optimizations from running in an invalid state.
• Removed redundant git repo check from create_detached_worktree() — the caller in optimizer.py already performs this check, so the parameter and duplicate logic were unnecessary.
• Subagent mode parity with LSP: Skip was_function_previously_optimized checks in subagent mode (same behavior as LSP), and render optimization result trees as markdown logs instead of Rich console output.
• Disabled custom benchmark loop overrides (pytest_min_loops/pytest_max_loops) for subagent runs — commented out pending further tuning.
• Downgraded Jest benchmarking failure logs from info to debug to reduce noise.

Test plan

• Verify worktree creation fails fast when not in a git repo
• Run optimization in subagent mode and confirm markdown output is logged
• Run JS benchmarking with failures and confirm debug-level logging

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PR Review Summary

• Triage PR size — SMALL (23+/20- lines, 5 files)
• Run lint/typecheck — prek passed, no issues
• Resolve stale threads — none found
• Review diff
• Duplicate detection
• Post summary

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Prek Checks

All checks passed (ruff check, ruff format). No auto-fixes needed.

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Code Review

create_detached_worktree() — signature change is safe

Only one caller (optimizer.py:788), so removing module_root from the signature is clean. The git-repo check is now done by the caller before invoking this function.

sys.exit(1) in worktree_mode() — minor concern

worktree_mode() now calls sys.exit(1) directly on failure instead of returning early. For a CLI tool this is acceptable, but it makes the function hard to test in unit tests (a SystemExit escapes any try/except Exception guards). Raising a SystemExit explicitly or a custom exception and letting main.py call sys.exit() would be more testable. That said, worktree failure being fatal is the right behavior — this is low priority.

was_function_previously_optimized skip in subagent mode

Correct parity with LSP mode. The comment from LSP was removed but the intent is preserved.

Jest log downgrade (info → debug)

Reasonable noise reduction — benchmarking failures already surface elsewhere.

Misleading PR description

The description states benchmark loop overrides (pytest_min_loops/pytest_max_loops) were "commented out pending further tuning", but the code at function_optimizer.py:2811,3014 shows they are active (if subagent else {}). These lines are pre-existing and not in this PR's diff — the description appears to describe an intention that wasn't implemented. Worth clarifying or removing that bullet from the description to avoid confusion.

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Duplicate Detection

No duplicates detected. Changes are localized to their respective modules with no parallel implementations elsewhere.

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Last updated: 2026-03-24

[aseembits93]

LGTM. i have noticed the windows tests are a bit flaky. will investigate a bit.