Allow Codex Ask AI outside git repos

Author: ericclemmons

packages/ai/ai.test.ts

@@ -878,7 +878,38 @@ describe("resolveSDKModel", () => {
 // Codex SDK event mapping
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import { mapCodexEvent, mapCodexItem } from "./providers/codex-sdk.ts";
+import {
+  mapCodexEvent,
+  mapCodexItem,
+  shouldSkipGitRepoCheck,
+} from "./providers/codex-sdk.ts";
+
+describe("shouldSkipGitRepoCheck", () => {
+  test("keeps the Codex git repo check inside a worktree", () => {
+    const probe = (command: string, args: string[], options: { encoding: "utf8" }) => {
+      expect(command).toBe("git");
+      expect(args).toEqual(["-C", "/repo", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"]);
+      expect(options).toEqual({ encoding: "utf8" });
+      return { status: 0, stdout: "true\n" };
+    };
+
+    expect(shouldSkipGitRepoCheck("/repo", probe)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("skips the Codex git repo check for standalone document sessions", () => {
+    const probe = () => ({ status: 128, stdout: "" });
+
+    expect(shouldSkipGitRepoCheck("/tmp/plain-session", probe)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("skips the Codex git repo check when the probe cannot run", () => {
+    const probe = () => {
+      throw new Error("git unavailable");
+    };
+
+    expect(shouldSkipGitRepoCheck("/tmp/plain-session", probe)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
 
 describe("mapCodexEvent", () => {
   function offsets() {

packages/ai/providers/codex-sdk.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import { buildSystemPrompt, buildEffectivePrompt } from "../context.ts";
 import { BaseSession } from "../base-session.ts";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import type {
   AIProvider,
   AIProviderCapabilities,
@@ -28,6 +29,28 @@ import type {
 const PROVIDER_NAME = "codex-sdk";
 const DEFAULT_MODEL = "gpt-5.4";
 
+type GitWorkTreeProbe = (
+  command: string,
+  args: string[],
+  options: { encoding: "utf8" },
+) => { status: number | null; stdout?: string | Buffer };
+
+export function shouldSkipGitRepoCheck(
+  cwd: string,
+  probe: GitWorkTreeProbe = spawnSync,
+): boolean {
+  try {
+    const result = probe(
+      "git",
+      ["-C", cwd, "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"],
+      { encoding: "utf8" },
+    );
+    return result.status !== 0 || String(result.stdout ?? "").trim() !== "true";
+  } catch {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Provider
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -57,10 +80,12 @@ export class CodexSDKProvider implements AIProvider {
   }
 
   async createSession(options: CreateSessionOptions): Promise<AISession> {
+    const cwd = options.cwd ?? this.config.cwd ?? process.cwd();
     return new CodexSDKSession({
       ...this.baseConfig(options),
       systemPrompt: buildSystemPrompt(options.context),
-      cwd: options.cwd ?? this.config.cwd ?? process.cwd(),
+      cwd,
+      skipGitRepoCheck: shouldSkipGitRepoCheck(cwd),
       parentSessionId: null,
     });
   }
@@ -73,10 +98,12 @@ export class CodexSDKProvider implements AIProvider {
   }
 
   async resumeSession(sessionId: string): Promise<AISession> {
+    const cwd = this.config.cwd ?? process.cwd();
     return new CodexSDKSession({
       ...this.baseConfig(),
       systemPrompt: null,
-      cwd: this.config.cwd ?? process.cwd(),
+      cwd,
+      skipGitRepoCheck: shouldSkipGitRepoCheck(cwd),
       parentSessionId: null,
       resumeThreadId: sessionId,
     });
@@ -123,6 +150,7 @@ interface SessionConfig {
   maxTurns: number;
   sandboxMode: "read-only" | "workspace-write" | "danger-full-access";
   cwd: string;
+  skipGitRepoCheck: boolean;
   parentSessionId: string | null;
   resumeThreadId?: string;
   codexExecutablePath?: string;
@@ -173,13 +201,15 @@ class CodexSDKSession extends BaseSession {
           this._thread = this._codexInstance.resumeThread(this.config.resumeThreadId, {
             model: this.config.model,
             workingDirectory: this.config.cwd,
+            skipGitRepoCheck: this.config.skipGitRepoCheck,
             sandboxMode: this.config.sandboxMode,
             ...(this.config.reasoningEffort && { modelReasoningEffort: this.config.reasoningEffort }),
           });
         } else {
           this._thread = this._codexInstance.startThread({
             model: this.config.model,
             workingDirectory: this.config.cwd,
+            skipGitRepoCheck: this.config.skipGitRepoCheck,
             sandboxMode: this.config.sandboxMode,
             ...(this.config.reasoningEffort && { modelReasoningEffort: this.config.reasoningEffort }),
           });