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[PATCH v2 1/2] doc: git-worktree: Link to examples

From
Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date
Oct 10, 2025, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID
<6477f32e23e732fdcc5a9585cc945db8f13d736e.1760115862.git.msuchanek@suse.de>
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Also add advice to put new worktrees outside of existing ones.
Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
---
v2: Improve formatting
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.adoc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc b/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
index 389e669ac0..a580f4c072 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ with a matching name, treat as equivalent to:
 $ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>
 ------------
 +
+For best results it is advised to specify _<path>_ outside of the repository
+and existing worktrees - see <<EXAMPLES,EXAMPLES>>
++
 If the branch exists in multiple remotes and one of them is named by
 the `checkout.defaultRemote` configuration variable, we'll use that
 one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the `<branch>` isn't
@@ -502,6 +505,7 @@ locked "reason\nwhy is locked"
 ...
 ------------
 
+[[EXAMPLES]]
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 You are in the middle of a refactoring session and your boss comes in and
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