refactor(server): GitHub source control reads GitHubApi directly

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There were three GitHub layers where two would do. GitHubRepositoryApi (formerly GitHubCli) served only GitHubSourceControlProvider, and the provider already called GitHubApi directly for link previews and discovery. So the middle layer hid nothing, and every test mocked two GitHub services.

before: GitHubSourceControlProvider ─┬─> GitHubRepositoryApi ──> GitHubApi
                                     └──────────────────────────> GitHubApi
after:  GitHubSourceControlProvider ──> GitHubApi

• Folded the service into the provider. The batched head lookups (same windows and document caps), PR reads, the checkout and the writes now live in GitHubSourceControlProvider and fail directly to SourceControlProviderError. User-facing details are word-for-word the same, and the raw failure is still kept as cause.
• New sourceControl/gitHubRepositoryResolution.ts. Plain functions that copy gh's repository choice (remote ranking, gh-resolved marks, SSH aliases, PR reference parsing), with their own tests.
• New GitHubApi.layerWithDependencies. It bundles the credential, GraphQL budget and rate-limit layers. The server, the ws harness, the title-eval script and the PR provider registry use it instead of each listing all three.
• Tests. The old GitHubRepositoryApi tests now run through the provider. GitManager.test.ts fakes the provider itself, which is the boundary GitManager actually uses. Removed isGitHubCredentialUnavailableError, which no longer had any users (knip).

Behaviour: the same requests, batching and error text. An open lookup still spends the reserve, as before. apps/server typecheck is clean, and the 1,244 tests across src/sourceControl, src/pullRequest, src/git, VcsProcess and ThreadPullRequestService pass.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR replaces a substantial production GitHub source-control abstraction, adds repository-resolution logic, and changes credential, rate-limit, checkout, and error-handling paths across server wiring. The expanded tests and addressed error-message concerns are positive, but the breadth of the runtime refactor warrants human review.

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✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

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Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	20.9 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.2 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: fea7cdc · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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GitHub repository and pull-request operations move from GitHubRepositoryApi into GitHubSourceControlProvider. The change adds repository-resolution utilities, updates GitHub API dependency layers and consumers, and revises tests to use the source-control provider contract.

Changes

GitHub source-control provider

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resolve GitHub repositories and references apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubRepositoryResolution.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubRepositoryResolution.test.ts	New utilities parse Git remotes, select a base repository, resolve API hosts, and parse repository selectors and pull-request references. Tests cover repository selection and host detection.
Implement GitHub API operations apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubRepositoryApi.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubRepositoryApi.test.ts	The provider implements pull-request listing, reads, writes, repository operations, and provider-local error handling. The former repository API and its tests are removed.
Implement pull-request checkout apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts	Checkout resolves remotes, fetches a pull-request head with a pull-ref fallback, and creates or synchronizes a local branch. Tests cover checkout and failure handling.
Wire the provider and update consumers apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubApi.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/pullRequest/*, apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/SourceControlDiscovery.test.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/SourceControlProviderRegistry.test.ts, apps/server/scripts/evaluate-thread-titles.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadPullRequestService.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCredentials.ts	GitHubApi.layerWithDependencies composes the GitHub API with credential, GraphQL budget, and rate-limit layers. Application wiring and pull-request consumers use GitHubApi. GitManager tests use a SourceControlProvider fake, and registry tests mock GitVcsDriver.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubSourceControlProvider
  participant GitHubApi
  participant GitVcsDriver
  GitHubSourceControlProvider->>GitHubApi: Read fork repository when no matching remote exists
  GitHubApi-->>GitHubSourceControlProvider: Return repository clone URL
  GitHubSourceControlProvider->>GitVcsDriver: Select or add checkout remote
  GitHubSourceControlProvider->>GitVcsDriver: Fetch pull-request head branch
  alt Head branch fetch fails
    GitHubSourceControlProvider->>GitVcsDriver: Fetch refs/pull/<number>/head
  end
  GitHubSourceControlProvider->>GitVcsDriver: Create or synchronize local branch

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fea7c

This refactor moves GitHub repository and pull-request operations into the source-control provider. Two earlier minor problems may still be present: a missing repository can show a "Pull request not found" message, and raw git or filesystem error text can appear in error details. Both are reported fixed but are not confirmed; the change is mergeable once that is checked.

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- Around line 295-296: Update fromGitHubApiError and the rest/readRepository
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