Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: git-worktree: Add side by side branch checkout example

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 2, 2025, 18:47 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq3481w37x.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <dd4027d1-4148-4171-bf17-b5c33881a446@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

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> This works for me.  But why not this?
>
>     git clone --bare <repo> some-repository
>     cd some-repository
>     git worktree add some-branch
>     git worktree add another-branch

Do you mean "some-repository/config" is the local configuration file, next to it there are "some-branch" and "another-branch" directories, and you have to have some way to tell that, among direct subdirectories of "some-repository/", "some-branch/" is a worktree while refs/ is not?

No thanks ;-).

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