Re: Feature request: support listing worktrees sorted by creation time

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Mar 5, 2026, 07:35 UTC
Message-ID: <264862d1-0f83-4d0b-be11-d8e479c7d8da@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAM+g_Nt8vZX4NxPvddJxNvSRgdMWQaLg2O9xzAU1pTHa=Et-gw@mail.gmail.com>

Am 05.03.26 um 08:14 schrieb Norbert Kiesel:

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> I have multiple repos with more than 20 worktrees, and sometimes
> forget the name of a recently added worktree. Therefore it would
> really be nice if I could use something like ‘git worktree list
> —created’ to list them by their creation timestamp. Is that something
> that makes sense to you as well? I could also create a pull request
> for this if you would like it.

I don't think this is warranted as a feature for a special-purpose use-case. Assuming you don't have spaces in your worktree directory names,

  git worktree list | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs ls -ldtr

lists the worktree directories by modification time. The last is the one that was modified most recently. That should help your memory.

-- Hannes