Cause (Documented platform behavior): Checkpoints use a shadow git repo over the workspace; nested repos are unsupported so initialization throws.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Unknowns:
- Whether git submodules (gitlink .git files) trigger detection was not checked
Other error fragments:
- To use checkpoints, please remove or relocate this nested git repository.
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/b867ec9145750d0ae1ff7f02d35406e9bf2a0b16/src/services/checkpoints/ShadowCheckpointService.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): initShadowGit shows the error and throws when getNestedGitRepository returns a path.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/b867ec9145750d0ae1ff7f02d35406e9bf2a0b16/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): English message text for nested_git_repos_warning.
Search phrasings: Roo Code checkpoints disabled nested git repository; roo checkpoints not working submodule
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Persistent VS Code error; checkpoint/restore buttons unavailable for the task.
- Context
- Product: Roo Code Component: Checkpoints (shadow git repo) Operation: Opening a workspace that contains a nested .git (submodule clone, vendored repo) Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Trigger: ShadowCheckpointService finds a nested git repository under the workspace during init.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Checkpoints are disabled because a nested git repository was detected at:
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Roo Code checkpoints] 'Checkpoints are disabled because a nested git repository was detected at: <path>.'
Recommended action: Remove/relocate the nested repository (or open the inner repo as the workspace); otherwise work without checkpoints.
Option: Remove/relocate the nested repository (or open the inner repo as the workspace); otherwise work without checkpoints. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Opening a workspace that contains a nested .git (submodule clone, vendored repo)
Steps:
1. Find the path in the message
2. Move it outside the workspace or open a narrower workspace folder
3. Restart the task
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 101c8eeb-02e4-49d5-bea7-c8b43403a524
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Remove/relocate the nested repository (or open the inner repo as the workspace); otherwise work without checkpoints. Option: Remove/relocate the nested repository (or open the inner repo as the workspace); otherwise work without checkpoints. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Opening a workspace that contains a nested .git (submodule clone, vendored repo) Steps: 1. Find the path in the message 2. Move it outside the workspace or open a narrower workspace folder 3. Restart the task Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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