From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:54:47 GMT Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.5.0 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mikael Magnusson writes: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> The latest feature release Git v2.5.0 is now available at the >> usual places. It is comprised of 583 non-merge commits since >> v2.4.0, contributed by 70 people, 21 of which are new faces. > ... >> Git 2.5 Release Notes >> ===================== >> >> Updates since v2.4 >> ------------------ >> >> UI, Workflows & Features >> > ... >> >> * A replacement for contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir that does not >> rely on symbolic links and make sharing of objects and refs safer >> by making the borrowee and borrowers aware of each other. >> >> Consider this as still an experimental feature; its UI is still >> likely to change. > > > It might be helpful to list what the replacement actually is in this entry. Did you read "Its UI is still likely to change" ;-)? It earlier was parked at "checkout --to", it is parked at "worktree add" today, but who knows where it will end up. It would be harmful to say that here as if we are already encouraging its use.