What
Claude Code sometimes compares two paths to see whether they point at the same file, using the inode, the id number a filesystem gives each file. The comparison now has three results: same, different or unknown. When only one of the two paths reports a usable inode, the result is unknown, and the check that relies on it answers "indeterminate" instead of "not live". Previously it fell back to comparing the paths and gave a firm yes or no.
Why
On filesystems with unreliable inode numbers, Claude Code no longer declares something gone just because it could not confirm the match.
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What this live or not-live check protects, possibly git worktrees, is not settled.