v0.55.0

## Release Notes

### Improved

- **`wt switch` accepts forge PR/MR URLs**: `wt switch https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123` now resolves the same way as `wt switch pr:123`, and the URL form works anywhere a `pr:N` / `mr:N` shortcut does (positional argument and `--base`). Detection is shape-based, not host-based — any `http(s)://` URL whose path contains `/pull/N`, `/pulls/N`, `/-/merge_requests/N`, or `/pullrequest/N` matches, covering GitHub (including Enterprise), GitLab, Gitea, and Azure DevOps, including self-hosted instances. ([#2898](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2898), thanks @thiagowfx for the request)

- **`-vv` startup pointer names `diagnostic.md`**: The `-vv` pointer now lists the shared log directory once with all three files it will contain — `trace.log`, `subprocess.log`, and `diagnostic.md` — so the diagnostic bundle is discoverable at startup rather than only when the gist hint fires at exit. The pointer verb reads `Writing to …` instead of `Tracing to …`. ([#2919](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2919))

### Fixed

- **Claude Code plugin keeps unmerged branches during worktree cleanup**: The plugin's `WorktreeRemove` hook passed `-D` (`--force-delete`) to `wt remove`, which removes a branch even when it carries commits that aren't merged or pushed. The hook now uses the default removal: a merged or integrated branch is removed cleanly, while one with unmerged commits is kept, with a `wt remove -D <branch>` hint for deleting it deliberately. ([#2940](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2940), thanks @jbeda for reporting)

- **`wt list` and `wt step prune` degrade gracefully on unborn worktrees**: A linked worktree created with `git worktree add --orphan` sits on an unborn branch whose `HEAD` is the null OID. `wt list` used to show `working-tree-diff (fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD')` and a merge-tree error in its columns, and `wt step prune` aborted its entire scan with `fatal: Needed a single revision`, blocking pruning of every other worktree. Both now treat an unborn worktree as having no commits: `wt list` renders `·` for the commit-dependent columns, and `wt step prune` skips it (as it does locked worktrees) and continues. ([#2937](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2937), thanks @nedtwigg for reporting)

### Documentation

- **Doc-site and `--help` prose cleanup**: A writing-prose pass across the FAQ, config, list, remove, Claude Code, hook, LLM-commits, and Tips & Patterns pages (some via `--help` text in `after_long_help`). ([#2922](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2922), [#2925](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2925))

### Internal

- **Collapsed duplicated code paths and removed dead code left by completed cut-overs**: A net reduction across the shell, git, and command layers. ([#2931](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2931), [#2932](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2932), [#2934](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/pull/2934))

## Install worktrunk 0.55.0

### Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

```sh
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-installer.sh | sh && wt config shell install
```

### Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

```sh
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-installer.ps1 | iex"; git-wt config shell install
```

### Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

```sh
brew install worktrunk && wt config shell install
```

## Download worktrunk 0.55.0

|  File  | Platform | Checksum |
|--------|----------|----------|
| [worktrunk-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz) | Apple Silicon macOS | [checksum](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256) |
| [worktrunk-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz) | Intel macOS | [checksum](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz.sha256) |
| [worktrunk-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | x64 Windows | [checksum](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.sha256) |
| [worktrunk-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz) | ARM64 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz.sha256) |
| [worktrunk-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz) | x64 MUSL Linux | [checksum](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/releases/download/v0.55.0/worktrunk-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz.sha256) |



### Install via Cargo

```sh
cargo install worktrunk && wt config shell install
```

### Install via Winget (Windows)

```sh
winget install max-sixty.worktrunk && git-wt config shell install
```

### Install via AUR (Arch Linux)

```sh
paru worktrunk-bin && wt config shell install
```