swain-teardown

A session teardown process detects orphan git worktrees by auditing session artifacts and applying safety checks. It validates rules and prompts for human confirmation before removing any worktree resources, preventing accidental deletions at session close.

Checking for uncommitted changes and generating a handoff summary during a git session close involves running a teardown workflow. This workflow performs git dirty-state checks to surface uncommitted changes and appends a session report to SESSION-ROADMAP.md for audit continuity.

A session teardown workflow is a structured hygiene check process for repositories using git worktrees and session state data. You need it during session close workflows to detect orphan worktrees, surface uncommitted changes, and prompt ticket synchronization before handing off.

The session teardown does not automatically update your project tickets. It provides a ticket-sync prompt to verify that your tickets manually reflect the work completed, ensuring accuracy without forcing auto-updates to your external tracking system.

This teardown workflow applies specifically to repositories containing swain session state data and git worktrees. It relies on session JSON data to perform its audits, so repositories lacking this specific session state format will not be fully supported.