# Marketplace Branch Cleanup

Date: 2026-03-09

## Scope

This report records the safe cleanup proof for the stale remote marketplace phase branches that remained after the marketplace creator-ecosystem closeout reached `main`.

## Candidate Branches

- `origin/codex/marketplace-phase1-skills-backbone`
- `origin/codex/marketplace-phase2-asset-model`
- `origin/codex/marketplace-phase3-safe-asset-model`
- `origin/codex/marketplace-phase5-request-board`

## Proof Method

The cleanup proof used:

- `git cherry -v main <branch>` to detect remaining unique patch content
- `git log --left-right --cherry-pick main...<branch>` to distinguish merged history from surviving unique patches
- `git range-diff` for the one branch that still showed unique patch ids after squash/rebase churn

## Results

### `origin/codex/marketplace-phase1-skills-backbone`

- No unique patches remained against `main`.
- Safe to delete.

### `origin/codex/marketplace-phase3-safe-asset-model`

- No unique patches remained against `main`.
- Safe to delete.

### `origin/codex/marketplace-phase5-request-board`

- No surviving unique patches remained against `main`.
- The request-board work is already represented on `main` through the later marketplace closeout sequence.
- Safe to delete.

### `origin/codex/marketplace-phase2-asset-model`

- `git cherry` still showed:
  - `b2f64a7` `feat: add marketplace asset catalog`
  - `b852ae8` `chore: refresh secrets baseline for marketplace assets`
- `git range-diff` proved that `b2f64a7` was superseded by `7c39ed3` on `main`, with the surviving differences reduced to commit-message shape and secrets-baseline drift rather than missing marketplace catalog behavior.
- The baseline-only patch `b852ae8` was superseded by later secrets baseline refreshes already merged to `main`.
- Safe to delete as superseded-by-main, not as a missing-content branch.

## Cleanup Rule

Deletion is allowed only because the branch content is now either:

- directly merged into `main`, or
- superseded by later commits on `main` with stronger marketplace truth and newer secrets baseline state.

## Expected Final State

- No stale remote marketplace phase branches remain.
- `main` stays the only active branch required for the marketplace direction.
