Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] contrib: remove "git-new-workdir"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 8, 2025, 18:43 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqms74wzsk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <2b3c951b-0400-4cc5-b790-17ff77154ec2@app.fastmail.com>

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

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>> I understand
>> why its designers felt that this would provide better guarantees (it
>> is not a good idea to mutate branch names that are checked out
>> somewhere else), but checking out various branches to test them and
>> inspect their code (before returning to the feature branch I am
>> actively working on) is a common part of my workflow.
>
> I agree, that’s a great use of worktrees.  But I never feel like I have
> to checkout the branch itself.  I detach on top of the branch.

Yes. For sightseeing, not building on top of various random points in history, detached HEAD is a reasonable way to use multiple worktrees.