fix(server): flush checkpoint objects and refs before publishing them

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Checkpoint capture writes loose objects with git add / write-tree / commit-tree and publishes the turn ref with git update-ref. Git renames those files into place without fsync by default, so an unclean host restart can leave a 0-byte file under refs/t3/checkpoints/** (and a 0-byte loose object). Git reads the empty ref as the all-zeros SHA and every later fetch, push, gc and worktree add in that repository fails until the file is deleted by hand.

The four object- and ref-writing commands of a capture now run with -c core.fsync=objects,reference -c core.fsyncMethod=fsync, so the data reaches disk before the rename publishes it (macOS defaults to writeout-only, which only queues the writeback). This is the "prevent" step from the triage on #10905; a startup scrub of zero-length refs and clearer git error diagnostics are separate follow-ups. Older gits without core.fsync ignore the unknown key.

Verification

• New test in GitVcsDriver.test.ts runs a capture against the mocked VCS process and asserts that add, write-tree, commit-tree and update-ref carry the fsync option ahead of the subcommand, and that nothing else changed in the published update-ref call.
• vp test run apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts and apps/server/src/checkpointing/CheckpointStore.test.ts (real captures with Apple Git 2.39) pass. Server typecheck and lint on the touched files are clean.

Related to #10905. Implemented with Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved checkpoint reliability by ensuring checkpoint data and references are fully written to disk before publication.
  • Reduced the risk of incomplete checkpoint files after an unexpected restart.

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Verdict: Approved at 6388832

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped checkpoint durability fix that applies fsync only to the four commands that create and publish checkpoint data, with a focused mocked-process test covering the change. No product defaults, static-analysis suppressions, schema changes, or broader runtime workflows are affected.

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Checkpoint capture now applies Git fsync settings to object and ref writes. Tests verify the settings and the final checkpoint ref update.

Changes

Checkpoint durability

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Durable checkpoint capture and verification apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts, apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.test.ts	Checkpoint add, write-tree, commit-tree, and update-ref commands now use durable Git writes. Tests verify the fsync arguments and published checkpoint ref.

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Checkpoint Git writes now request durable object and ref synchronization before publication, with command-sequence coverage added. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

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In `@apps/server/src/vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts`:
- Line 717: Update the durableWrite Git configuration to also set
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