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+# Session 2026-04-11
+
+Branch: `fix/git-snapshot-error-handling`. Phase 1 complete, Phase 2 pending.
+
+## Context
+
+Prompt: `2026-04-11_242_git-snapshot-error-handling.md` (Phase 1 of 2).
+
+Issue #242: `gatherGitSnapshot` runs four git commands in parallel via `Promise.all`. When any command fails (e.g. `git rev-parse HEAD` in a repo with no commits, exit code 128), the `Promise.all` rejection propagates unhandled and crashes the process.
+
+## Done
+
+### Phase 1: Refactor and failing test
+
+**Step 1: Refactor** — Added optional `runner` parameter to `gatherGitSnapshot` with `runGit` as the default:
+
+```typescript
+export async function gatherGitSnapshot(runner: (args: string[]) => Promise<string> = runGit): Promise<GitSnapshot>
+```
+
+Updated the `Promise.all` body to call `runner(...)` instead of `runGit(...)`. No callers pass a runner, so default behaviour is unchanged.
+
+**Step 2: Failing test** — Added `gatherGitSnapshot` describe block to `test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts`. The test injects a runner that rejects for `['rev-parse', 'HEAD']` and returns empty string for all other args. Asserts the snapshot resolves with `head: ''`.
+
+**Step 3: Test run** — Test is failing as required:
+
+```
+FAIL  test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts > gatherGitSnapshot > resolves with head empty string when rev-parse HEAD fails
+Error: fatal: ambiguous argument HEAD
+  at runner test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts:177:31
+  at gatherGitSnapshot src/gitSnapshot.ts:74:110
+
+Test Files  1 failed | 17 passed (18)
+      Tests  1 failed | 426 passed (427)
+```
+
+Committed: `73707b2 Add injectable runner to gatherGitSnapshot and a failing test for #242`
+
+## Phase 2: Fix and ship
+
+**Fix** - Added `.catch(() => '')` to each `runner(...)` call inside the `Promise.all`. Biome reformatted the `Promise.all` to a single line.
+
+**Checks** - `pnpm build`, `pnpm type-check`, `pnpm test` (427/427), `pnpm run ci` all pass.
+
+**Changelog** - Added entry to `apps/claude-sdk-cli/changes.jsonl`.
+
+**Commits**:
+- `ce8e120 Catch per-command failures in gatherGitSnapshot`
+- `b81f684 Add changelog entry for gatherGitSnapshot fix`
+
+**Script fix** - `~/.claude/skills/github-pr/scripts/create-github-pr.sh` was building label args via unquoted string concatenation, breaking labels with spaces (`pkg: claude-sdk-cli`). Fixed to use `set -- "$@" --label "$label"` and pass `"$@"` to `gh pr create`, which preserves quoting correctly.
+
+**PR**: https://github.com/shellicar/claude-cli/pull/243 - auto-merge enabled, checks in progress.
diff --git a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/changes.jsonl b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/changes.jsonl
index f870af0..2e472b7 100644
--- a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/changes.jsonl
+++ b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/changes.jsonl
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 {"description":"Fix `GitStateMonitor` reporting the agent's own file edits and commits as human activity between turns","category":"fixed"}
+{"description":"Fix `gatherGitSnapshot` crashing when any git command fails (e.g. `rev-parse HEAD` in a repo with no commits)","category":"fixed"}
diff --git a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/src/gitSnapshot.ts b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/src/gitSnapshot.ts
index b6aa990..4dfffb0 100644
--- a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/src/gitSnapshot.ts
+++ b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/src/gitSnapshot.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ async function runGit(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
   return stdout;
 }
 
-export async function gatherGitSnapshot(): Promise<GitSnapshot> {
-  const [branchOut, headOut, statusOut, stashOut] = await Promise.all([runGit(['branch', '--show-current']), runGit(['rev-parse', 'HEAD']), runGit(['status', '--porcelain']), runGit(['stash', 'list', '--no-decorate'])]);
+export async function gatherGitSnapshot(runner: (args: string[]) => Promise<string> = runGit): Promise<GitSnapshot> {
+  const [branchOut, headOut, statusOut, stashOut] = await Promise.all([runner(['branch', '--show-current']).catch(() => ''), runner(['rev-parse', 'HEAD']).catch(() => ''), runner(['status', '--porcelain']).catch(() => ''), runner(['stash', 'list', '--no-decorate']).catch(() => '')]);
   return {
     branch: parseBranch(branchOut),
     head: parseHead(headOut),
diff --git a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts
index 864bbbb..9282887 100644
--- a/apps/claude-sdk-cli/test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/claude-sdk-cli/test/gitSnapshot.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { parseBranch, parseHead, parseStash, parseStatus } from '../src/gitSnapshot.js';
+import { gatherGitSnapshot, parseBranch, parseHead, parseStash, parseStatus } from '../src/gitSnapshot.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // parseBranch
@@ -165,3 +165,20 @@ describe('parseStash', () => {
     expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
   });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// gatherGitSnapshot
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('gatherGitSnapshot', () => {
+  it('resolves with head empty string when rev-parse HEAD fails', async () => {
+    const runner = (args: string[]): Promise<string> => {
+      if (args[0] === 'rev-parse' && args[1] === 'HEAD') {
+        return Promise.reject(new Error('fatal: ambiguous argument HEAD'));
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve('');
+    };
+    const snapshot = await gatherGitSnapshot(runner);
+    expect(snapshot.head).toEqual('');
+  });
+});