[BUG] [Server Error] [Worktree] ❌ List branches failed

[sandervspl]

I get the following error when I start up the app

1. npm install
2. npm run dev
3. select option 2 (Electron)

[1] [Server Error] [Worktree] ❌ List branches failed: Error: Command failed: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
[1] fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
[1] 
[1]     at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)
[1]     at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)
[1]     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:414:12)
[1]     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
[1]     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
[1]     at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:456:11)
[1]     at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)
[1]     at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:351:12) {
[1]   code: 128,
[1]   killed: false,
[1]   signal: null,
[1]   cmd: 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD',
[1]   stdout: '',
[1]   stderr: 'fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n'
[1] }
[1] [Server] POST /api/worktree/list-branches 500

I have gh installed (latest version), claude code (latest version) and I have set my claude API key with export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-xxx

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[mohithgupta]

@sandervspl , Did u clone it or download the repo code? If downloaded, try initialising git and running npm run dev again. If you cloned it, this error should not occur. Please share the paths where you tried to run this, and where the project parent folder is.