fix(shared): PRs built on the same PR stay in one stack under their parent

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Closes #20154

Problem

When two linked PRs both build on the same PR, only the first one nested under it. The second one split off as its own one-PR stack. resolveThreadPullRequestChains only followed straight chains, so whichever walk reached the shared parent first claimed it.

Fix

A derived stack is now a tree. Each base PR and every PR built on it, at any depth, form one stack. The stack lists PRs depth first (each parent before the PRs built on it) and gives each one a depth. Siblings get the same depth.

• ThreadPullRequestChain gains depths, one per layer. layers keeps its shape, so nothing else on the wire changes.
• Web PR panel, sidebar hover list and thread details rows indent by that depth.
• Mobile Git sheet now indents rows by depth too (capped at 3 steps, same as web), so siblings visibly sit under their parent.
• list_thread_pull_requests: stack.position is now the layer, so siblings share it. chains[].numbers keeps the parent-first order. No schema change.
• The stack badge counts the whole tree as one stack.

The issue thread left open whether to keep linear chains or switch to a tree. This keeps the existing layers arrays and only adds depths, so it's the smaller of the two changes. Happy to switch if you'd prefer a different direction.

Evidence

POCO F4 (Android 14). Test thread with #101 (feature-a → main), #102 (feature-b → feature-a) and #103 (feature-c → feature-a).

Before (main)	After (this PR)
Full video	Full video
#101 + #102 as a 2-PR stack, #103 alone	One 3-PR stack, #102 and #103 both under #101

Tested with the T3 Code Dev client from Oct 13 on a JS checkout from the same day plus this patch. Main's JS needs newer native code than any build on the phone, and the chain code hasn't changed since Oct 2.

Tests

• packages/shared/src/threadPullRequests.test.ts: siblings and a deeper tree (a parent with two children, one of which has two children of its own) stay in one stack with the right depths, and the badge reports one stack. Fails on main.
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/pullRequests/handlers.test.ts: siblings share a stack.position.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a contained pull-request stack bug fix with targeted coverage for sibling and nested branches. It updates shared grouping plus web, mobile, and MCP presentation while preserving existing data shapes and introducing no deployment, security, billing, or configuration risk.

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📝 Walkthrough

Derived pull-request chains now support multiple pull requests built on the same parent and record each layer’s depth. Chain selection, MCP stack positions, and client pull-request rows use those depths.

Changes: Pull-request stack depths

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build chains with shared depths packages/shared/src/threadPullRequests.ts, packages/shared/src/threadPullRequests.test.ts	Derived chains record a depth for each layer and traverse parent-to-child links from base pull requests. Native chains receive sequential depths. Current-pull-request resolution orders layers by depth. Tests cover sibling branches, ordering, and duplicate identities.
Use depths in MCP and client views apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/pullRequests/*, apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestListLines.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/git/GitOverviewSheet.tsx	MCP entries and web rows use chain depths for positions. The mobile sheet indents rows by depth. MCP tests cover shared stack positions, and tool comments clarify stack ordering.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

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No actionable merge-blocking issue is established for the pull-request stack changes; the PR is mergeable after normal checks.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 698c0

The change affects how pull requests are grouped, displayed, and selected, but the inspected paths preserve repository and thread identity. Stopping a watch still targets the displayed PR explicitly. No introduced security flaw was established; external consumer compatibility remains uncertain.

Retained concerns
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Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — PR branch metadata can influence grouping and the default displayed target among already-linked PRs. In the inspected path, this does not expand repository membership or mutation authority: a user-initiated stop-watch command retains the selected link’s explicit identity and addressed thread.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The unchanged watch command forwards an explicit PR key. The server looks up that normalized key among visible links in the addressed thread; an absent target does not fall back to another sibling. Neither depth nor stack position is used as an authorization or mutation selector.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Existing watch-transition controls serialize dispatch per thread and replay accepted command receipts. Unwatch removes only the matched link’s watch, and watch-sync updates require a matching startedAt value, preventing stale synchronization from restoring a removed or superseded watch.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, conventional, and clearly describes the main fix: keeping pull requests built on the same parent in one stack.
Description check		The description explains the problem, implementation, scope, issue reference, UI impact, verification steps, test results, and limitations. It uses "Fix," "Evidence," and "Tests" headings instead of t…
Linked Issues check		Issue #20154 requires shared-parent derived PRs to form one parent-first stack, with equal sibling depth and preserved deeper-tree structure. resolveThreadPullRequestChains traverses each base throu…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #20154. The new depths field, traversal changes, current-PR selection update, UI indentation, MCP position update, comments, and tests directly support tree grouping or…

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- Around line 285-286: Update the traversal using threadPullRequestKeyOf to skip
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