Remove git commands from Ralph loop recipes

Git operations (commit, push) belong in the prompt instructions, not
hardcoded in the loop orchestrator. The SDK recipes should focus purely
on the SDK API: create client, create session, send prompt, destroy.

Author: tonybaloney

cookbook/copilot-sdk/dotnet/ralph-loop.md

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ This is all you need to get started. The prompt file tells the agent what to do;
 The full Ralph pattern with planning and building modes, matching the [Ralph Playbook](https://github.com/ClaytonFarr/ralph-playbook) architecture:
 
 ```csharp
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using GitHub.Copilot.SDK;
 
 // Parse args: dotnet run [plan] [max_iterations]
@@ -104,16 +103,9 @@ var promptFile = mode == "plan" ? "PROMPT_plan.md" : "PROMPT_build.md";
 var client = new CopilotClient();
 await client.StartAsync();
 
-var branchInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("git", "branch --show-current")
-    { RedirectStandardOutput = true };
-var branch = Process.Start(branchInfo)!;
-var branchName = (await branch.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync()).Trim();
-await branch.WaitForExitAsync();
-
 Console.WriteLine(new string('━', 40));
 Console.WriteLine($"Mode:   {mode}");
 Console.WriteLine($"Prompt: {promptFile}");
-Console.WriteLine($"Branch: {branchName}");
 Console.WriteLine($"Max:    {maxIterations} iterations");
 Console.WriteLine(new string('━', 40));
 
@@ -145,16 +137,6 @@ try
             await session.DisposeAsync();
         }
 
-        // Push changes after each iteration
-        try
-        {
-            Process.Start("git", $"push origin {branchName}")!.WaitForExit();
-        }
-        catch
-        {
-            Process.Start("git", $"push -u origin {branchName}")!.WaitForExit();
-        }
-
         Console.WriteLine($"\nIteration {i} complete.");
     }
 

cookbook/copilot-sdk/dotnet/recipe/ralph-loop.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #:package GitHub.Copilot.SDK@*
 #:property PublishAot=false
 
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using GitHub.Copilot.SDK;
 
 // Ralph loop: autonomous AI task loop with fresh context per iteration.
@@ -28,15 +27,9 @@
 var client = new CopilotClient();
 await client.StartAsync();
 
-var branchProc = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("git", "branch --show-current")
-    { RedirectStandardOutput = true })!;
-var branch = (await branchProc.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync()).Trim();
-await branchProc.WaitForExitAsync();
-
 Console.WriteLine(new string('━', 40));
 Console.WriteLine($"Mode:   {mode}");
 Console.WriteLine($"Prompt: {promptFile}");
-Console.WriteLine($"Branch: {branch}");
 Console.WriteLine($"Max:    {maxIterations} iterations");
 Console.WriteLine(new string('━', 40));
 
@@ -69,16 +62,6 @@
             await session.DisposeAsync();
         }
 
-        // Push changes after each iteration
-        try
-        {
-            Process.Start("git", $"push origin {branch}")!.WaitForExit();
-        }
-        catch
-        {
-            Process.Start("git", $"push -u origin {branch}")!.WaitForExit();
-        }
-
         Console.WriteLine($"\nIteration {i} complete.");
     }
 

cookbook/copilot-sdk/go/ralph-loop.md

@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	copilot "github.com/github/copilot-sdk/go"
 )
@@ -129,13 +127,9 @@ func ralphLoop(ctx context.Context, mode string, maxIterations int) error {
 	}
 	defer client.Stop()
 
-	branchOut, _ := exec.Command("git", "branch", "--show-current").Output()
-	branch := strings.TrimSpace(string(branchOut))
-
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("━", 40))
 	fmt.Printf("Mode:   %s\n", mode)
 	fmt.Printf("Prompt: %s\n", promptFile)
-	fmt.Printf("Branch: %s\n", branch)
 	fmt.Printf("Max:    %d iterations\n", maxIterations)
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("━", 40))
 
@@ -163,11 +157,6 @@ func ralphLoop(ctx context.Context, mode string, maxIterations int) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// Push changes after each iteration
-		if err := exec.Command("git", "push", "origin", branch).Run(); err != nil {
-			exec.Command("git", "push", "-u", "origin", branch).Run()
-		}
-
 		fmt.Printf("\nIteration %d complete.\n", i)
 	}
 

cookbook/copilot-sdk/go/recipe/ralph-loop.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -40,13 +39,9 @@ func ralphLoop(ctx context.Context, mode string, maxIterations int) error {
 	}
 	defer client.Stop()
 
-	branchOut, _ := exec.Command("git", "branch", "--show-current").Output()
-	branch := strings.TrimSpace(string(branchOut))
-
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("━", 40))
 	fmt.Printf("Mode:   %s\n", mode)
 	fmt.Printf("Prompt: %s\n", promptFile)
-	fmt.Printf("Branch: %s\n", branch)
 	fmt.Printf("Max:    %d iterations\n", maxIterations)
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("━", 40))
 
@@ -74,11 +69,6 @@ func ralphLoop(ctx context.Context, mode string, maxIterations int) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("send failed on iteration %d: %w", i, err)
 		}
 
-		// Push changes after each iteration
-		if err := exec.Command("git", "push", "origin", branch).Run(); err != nil {
-			exec.Command("git", "push", "-u", "origin", branch).Run()
-		}
-
 		fmt.Printf("\nIteration %d complete.\n", i)
 	}
 

cookbook/copilot-sdk/nodejs/ralph-loop.md

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ The full Ralph pattern with planning and building modes, matching the [Ralph Pla
 
 ```typescript
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { CopilotClient } from "@github/copilot-sdk";
 
 type Mode = "plan" | "build";
@@ -92,8 +91,7 @@ async function ralphLoop(mode: Mode, maxIterations: number = 50) {
     const client = new CopilotClient();
     await client.start();
 
-    const branch = execSync("git branch --show-current", { encoding: "utf-8" }).trim();
-    console.log(`Mode: ${mode} | Prompt: ${promptFile} | Branch: ${branch}`);
+    console.log(`Mode: ${mode} | Prompt: ${promptFile}`);
 
     try {
         const prompt = await readFile(promptFile, "utf-8");
@@ -109,13 +107,6 @@ async function ralphLoop(mode: Mode, maxIterations: number = 50) {
                 await session.destroy();
             }
 
-            // Push changes after each iteration
-            try {
-                execSync(`git push origin ${branch}`, { stdio: "inherit" });
-            } catch {
-                execSync(`git push -u origin ${branch}`, { stdio: "inherit" });
-            }
-
             console.log(`Iteration ${i} complete.`);
         }
     } finally {

cookbook/copilot-sdk/nodejs/recipe/ralph-loop.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { CopilotClient } from "@github/copilot-sdk";
 
 /**
@@ -28,12 +27,9 @@ async function ralphLoop(mode: Mode, maxIterations: number) {
     const client = new CopilotClient();
     await client.start();
 
-    const branch = execSync("git branch --show-current", { encoding: "utf-8" }).trim();
-
     console.log("━".repeat(40));
     console.log(`Mode:   ${mode}`);
     console.log(`Prompt: ${promptFile}`);
-    console.log(`Branch: ${branch}`);
     console.log(`Max:    ${maxIterations} iterations`);
     console.log("━".repeat(40));
 
@@ -54,13 +50,6 @@ async function ralphLoop(mode: Mode, maxIterations: number) {
                 await session.destroy();
             }
 
-            // Push changes after each iteration
-            try {
-                execSync(`git push origin ${branch}`, { stdio: "inherit" });
-            } catch {
-                execSync(`git push -u origin ${branch}`, { stdio: "inherit" });
-            }
-
             console.log(`\nIteration ${i} complete.`);
         }
 

cookbook/copilot-sdk/python/ralph-loop.md

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ The full Ralph pattern with planning and building modes, matching the [Ralph Pla
 
 ```python
 import asyncio
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -97,14 +96,9 @@ async def ralph_loop(mode: str = "build", max_iterations: int = 50):
     client = CopilotClient()
     await client.start()
 
-    branch = subprocess.check_output(
-        ["git", "branch", "--show-current"], text=True
-    ).strip()
-
     print("━" * 40)
     print(f"Mode:   {mode}")
     print(f"Prompt: {prompt_file}")
-    print(f"Branch: {branch}")
     print(f"Max:    {max_iterations} iterations")
     print("━" * 40)
 
@@ -125,16 +119,6 @@ async def ralph_loop(mode: str = "build", max_iterations: int = 50):
             finally:
                 await session.destroy()
 
-            # Push changes after each iteration
-            try:
-                subprocess.run(
-                    ["git", "push", "origin", branch], check=True
-                )
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                subprocess.run(
-                    ["git", "push", "-u", "origin", branch], check=True
-                )
-
             print(f"\nIteration {i} complete.")
 
         print(f"\nReached max iterations: {max_iterations}")

cookbook/copilot-sdk/python/recipe/ralph_loop.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 """
 
 import asyncio
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -32,14 +31,9 @@ async def ralph_loop(mode: str = "build", max_iterations: int = 50):
     client = CopilotClient()
     await client.start()
 
-    branch = subprocess.check_output(
-        ["git", "branch", "--show-current"], text=True
-    ).strip()
-
     print("━" * 40)
     print(f"Mode:   {mode}")
     print(f"Prompt: {prompt_file}")
-    print(f"Branch: {branch}")
     print(f"Max:    {max_iterations} iterations")
     print("━" * 40)
 
@@ -60,16 +54,6 @@ async def ralph_loop(mode: str = "build", max_iterations: int = 50):
             finally:
                 await session.destroy()
 
-            # Push changes after each iteration
-            try:
-                subprocess.run(
-                    ["git", "push", "origin", branch], check=True
-                )
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                subprocess.run(
-                    ["git", "push", "-u", "origin", branch], check=True
-                )
-
             print(f"\nIteration {i} complete.")
 
         print(f"\nReached max iterations: {max_iterations}")