fix(server): show git's own output when a commit fails

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• A failed commit only said "Git command exited with a non-zero status", so a rejecting hook (e.g. a missing DCO sign-off) gave no clue what to fix.
• Guessing causes from stderr patterns does not scale, so the commit step surfaces git's own output, capped in length.
• Commit is local and carries no remote URLs, so the credential concern behind hiding stderr for other git operations does not apply here.

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PR Summary

Low Risk
Localized change to local commit error messaging with capped output; no auth or remote credential paths involved.

Overview
Failed git commit errors no longer stop at the generic "Git command exited with a non-zero status" message. The commit path now runs with allowNonZeroExit, inspects the exit code, and sets GitCommandError.detail from git’s own stdout/stderr (stderr preferred, last 1,000 characters) so rejecting hooks and messages like nothing to commit are visible to callers.

Tests were updated so hook failure text is expected in commit error messages, and new cases cover hook rejection output and empty commits.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The commit path now classifies common Git failures and includes the classification, optional exit code, and output lengths in GitCommandError. It resolves the commit SHA only after a successful Git result. Tests cover hook rejection and no staged changes.

Changes

Commit failure reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Classify commit failures apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.test.ts	The commit path classifies failures such as missing staged changes, identity errors, signing errors, and hook rejection. It creates a GitCommandError with the failure detail, optional exit code, and output lengths. Tests check hook rejection and no staged changes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ad5b8

A hook failure that prints a fatal-prefixed line receives only a generic Git error, making the cause harder to diagnose. This narrow reporting issue does not change whether the commit fails.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	⚠️ Warning	The title says the change displays Git's own output, but the implementation uses fixed, non-stderr error details. The title misrepresents the main change.	Use a title that describes the fixed error messages, such as "fix(server): explain why Git commits fail".
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description explains the problem, but its proposed change conflicts with the implementation: it says Git's output is shown, while the code uses fixed error details. It also omits the required Scop…	Update the Change section to describe the fixed error messages. Add a Scope and approval section that links the approved issue or explains why this focused fix needs no prior approval. Add a Verification section with the tests run and their…

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

The description explains the problem, but its proposed change conflicts with the implementation: it says Git's output is shown, while the code uses fixed error details. It also omits the required Scope and approval and Verification sections.

Resolution

Update the Change section to describe the fixed error messages. Add a Scope and approval section that links the approved issue or explains why this focused fix needs no prior approval. Add a Verification section with the tests run and their results, and state any checks not performed.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriverCore.ts:
- Line 510: Update the hook-rejection check around the stderr condition so it
does not use `fatal:` output to identify Git failures; use hook execution status
or another reliable signal to distinguish a rejected hook from a Git failure,
preserving hook-specific diagnosis even when the hook prints a line beginning
with `fatal:`.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	+24 B (+0.5%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	+24 B (+2.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: c3f5802 · PR result: cd23d53 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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