fix(projects): preserve exact placement identity

packages/server/src/server/project-group-key.test.ts

@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ describe("deriveProjectGroupKey", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("preserves leading whitespace in SCP repository paths", () => {
+    const rootPath = path.resolve("repo");
+    const derive = (remoteUrl: string) =>
+      deriveProjectGroupKey({
+        rootPath,
+        remoteUrl,
+        worktreeRoot: rootPath,
+        mainRepoRoot: null,
+      });
+
+    expect(derive("git@example.com: acme/repo.git")).not.toBe(
+      derive("git@example.com:acme/repo.git"),
+    );
+  });
+
   test("does not parse drive-relative Windows paths as SCP remotes", () => {
     const rootPath = path.resolve("repo");
 

packages/server/src/server/project-group-key.ts

@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ function encodeSelectedPath(selectedPath: string): string {
 }
 
 function deriveRemoteProjectGroupKey(remoteUrl: string | null): string | null {
-  const trimmed = remoteUrl?.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) return null;
-  const remote = parseRemoteLocation(trimmed);
+  if (!remoteUrl?.trim()) return null;
+  const remote = parseRemoteLocation(remoteUrl);
   if (!remote) return null;
   const cleanedPath = normalizeRemotePath(
     remote.path,
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ function normalizeRemotePath(
   decodePercentEncoding: boolean,
   stripDotGitSuffix: boolean,
 ): string {
-  const trimmedPath = remotePath.trim().replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  const trimmedPath = remotePath.replace(/\/+$/, "");
   const pathForEncoding = preserveLeadingSlash ? trimmedPath : trimmedPath.replace(/^\/+/, "");
   const segments = pathForEncoding.split("/");
   const decodedSegments = segments.map((segment) => {