Re: [PATCH 3/3] Teach "git branch" about --new-workdir

>
> Inspired by contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir, the flag --new-workdir (or
> its shortcut, -n) can be used to create a new working directory for the
> newly created branch.  All information, except which branch is checked
> out (and therefore also the index), will be symlinked from the current
> repository.
>
> Example:
>
> 	$ git branch -n ~/my-new-topic xy-problem
>
> will create a branch called "xy-problem", which is initially identical
> to the current branch, and check out the new branch in ~/my-new-topic/.
> You will be able to cherry-pick from, log and diff with the branch
> "xy-problem" in the current repository, since most of the metadata is
> shared.
>
> Conversely, you can access all the branches in the current repository
> from ~/my-new-topic/, too.
>
> A word of warning: switching to _same_ branch that is checked out in
> the other repository is asking for trouble.  You are really working not
> only on the same object database, but also the same (i.e. not copied)
> refs namespace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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> 	IMHO this is a better syntax than what is in contrib/, and "git
> 	branch" is probably the right place for such a thing, from a
> 	user's perspective.