From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:33:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Feature request for automatic worktree checkout
Message-ID: <xmqqpoqakd8s.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADWjqk40KK=AuKqqdpKjkBuUvhQb4k4fMR4bPfdo8JkGRs-Y9w@mail.gmail.com>

Ehsan Azarnasab <azarnasab@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently if I have a branch checked out in a work-tree, git-checkout
> will show this error message when checking out that branch:
>
> $ git checkout master
> fatal: 'master' is already checked out at '/home/dashesy/development/feature'
>
> It would be very useful to instead of this error just change the
> current working directory, so git checkout would become a `cd` command

That is an understandable thing to want from 10,000ft view, but it
would not be something Git, or any external command that is spawned
by the shell for that matter, can address.  You'd need to teach the
shell to cooperate.