Revert "feat: defer remote branch creation until first commit (#244)" (#278)

This reverts commit cefe963a6b.

src/github/operations/branch-cleanup.ts

@@ -14,31 +14,6 @@ export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
   let shouldDeleteBranch = false;
 
   if (claudeBranch) {
-    // First check if the branch exists remotely
-    let branchExistsRemotely = false;
-    try {
-      await octokit.rest.repos.getBranch({
-        owner,
-        repo,
-        branch: claudeBranch,
-      });
-      branchExistsRemotely = true;
-    } catch (error: any) {
-      if (error.status === 404) {
-        console.log(`Branch ${claudeBranch} does not exist remotely`);
-      } else {
-        console.error("Error checking if branch exists:", error);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Only proceed if branch exists remotely
-    if (!branchExistsRemotely) {
-      console.log(
-        `Branch ${claudeBranch} does not exist remotely, no branch link will be added`,
-      );
-      return { shouldDeleteBranch: false, branchLink: "" };
-    }
-
     // Check if Claude made any commits to the branch
     try {
       const { data: comparison } =
@@ -106,8 +81,8 @@ export async function checkAndCommitOrDeleteBranch(
         branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error("Error comparing commits on Claude branch:", error);
-      // If we can't compare but the branch exists remotely, include the branch link
+      console.error("Error checking for commits on Claude branch:", error);
+      // If we can't check, assume the branch has commits to be safe
       const branchUrl = `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${owner}/${repo}/tree/${claudeBranch}`;
       branchLink = `\n[View branch](${branchUrl})`;
     }