When the base is an origin/… ref, fetch just that branch so the
local tracking ref is fresh before `git worktree add -b new origin/main`.
Fetch failures (offline / no remote) are silently ignored — git uses
whatever local ref exists, or raises a clear error if it's missing.
The sidebar "New worktree" button branched off whatever HEAD you were
on — now a filterable Popover+Command combobox lets you pick any local
or remote-tracking branch as the base, defaulting to origin/HEAD.
Backend listBaseBranches() queries refs/heads + refs/remotes via
for-each-ref, flags origin/HEAD (falling back to the local default for
no-remote repos). Mirrored on the Python REST API side
(base_branch_list + /api/git/base-branches route).
Collapse the two near-duplicate status parsers (_parse_status_v2 +
_iter_status_entries) into a single _walk_entries generator feeding the rail,
review list, and commit flow; share the staged predicate; hoist `import re`.
Behavior unchanged.
After the folder picker fix, an added remote folder was still half-usable:
the desktop's git GUI (coding-rail status, worktree lanes, review pane,
branch switch, file diff) all ran Electron-local git on the USER's machine,
so against a remote-gateway repo they silently degraded to empty.
Mirror the whole surface over the dashboard REST API so it acts on the
BACKEND repo where sessions actually run:
- hermes_cli/web_git.py: git/gh logic (status, worktrees, branches, review
list/diff/stage/unstage/revert/commit/commit-context/push/ship-info/
create-pr, file-diff, worktree add/remove, branch switch) shelling to the
system git, mirroring the Electron ops' shapes.
- web_server.py: /api/git/* routes (same auth gate + _fs_path hardening as
/api/fs, executor-offloaded, mutations -> 400).
- apps/desktop desktop-git.ts: remote-aware facade exposing the same shape as
window.hermesDesktop.git; coding-status / review / projects / model /
desktop-fs route through desktopGit() so local stays Electron, remote hits
/api/git/*.
Tests: tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_git.py (real repo: status counts,
review classification, diff incl. untracked all-add, stage+commit roundtrip,
worktree/branch lifecycle, commit-context, gh-absent ship-info, auth) and
desktop-git.test.ts (local vs remote routing, envelope unwrap, POST bodies).
