Re: New orphan worktree?

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 6, 2021, 19:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPp-BHzPkZu=s=ssmcW=jxg3bOmbL2CkbiQn6N7-Dor8H0BaA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 9:05 AM Jim Hill <gjthill@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 8:18 AM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > create a new orphan branch with a new matching worktree
>
> There's a much shorter sequence
>
>     git worktree add -b new new $(git commit-tree `git mktree <&-` <&-)
>     rm .git/refs/heads/new

The rm command presumes the file-backend for refs. That might not work in the future with reftable.