Re: [PATCH v2 23/32] prune: strategies for linked checkouts

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Sep 21, 2014, 03:01 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRX6z2ReKqES_2SP4mVruCDNRyo62_deo3ukuUYcYaKiw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8BLEfB6RQZTxqF82-tJmKQgnNC12QvKu8KZq=Vr059s3g@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>> One minor addition for clarification would be to mention that the 'git
>> prune --worktrees' invocation applies to the main worktree:
>>
>>     When you are done with a linked working tree, you can simply delete
>>     it. You can clean up any stale $GIT_DIR/worktrees entries via
>>     `git prune --worktrees` in the main worktree.
>
>
> The command should work from any worktree (of course not the worktree
> that you just deleted). I try to make all operations work on all
> worktrees. How should I write this?

I realized that a bit after writing the above. You could qualify it as:

    When you are done with a linked working tree, you can simply delete
    it. You can clean up any stale $GIT_DIR/worktrees entries via
    `git prune --worktrees` in the main worktree or any linked tree.

But the "...in the main worktree or any linked tree" is likely redundant, in which case Marc's rewrite is probably sufficient.