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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

Commit detection reads git's own history log

Claude Code's check for whether a command made a git commit reads git's own record of recent changes to find the commit and branch

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What

Claude Code's check for whether a command created a git commit has changed. It reads git's own log of where the current branch has pointed, stored in .git/logs/HEAD. If the newest entry looks like a commit, including amends, merges, cherry-picks and rebases, Claude Code confirms the branch points at it. It then reports the commit ID and branch.

Why

This lets Claude Code tell a commit was made without trying to work it out from the text of the command.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed $.http.fetch in mods refusing a HEAD request when the response declares a Content-Length over the 4 MiB body limit

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