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Re: What is the reason behind not hiding git worktrees from git?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 2, 2025, 13:33 UTC
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Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> writes:
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> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 03:27:03PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
>> 
>> > skip over them when scanning the output. Moreover, I think this is the
>> > first time that we have (on the list, at least) heard a complaint
>> > about the "noise", which may suggest that this is a non-issue for most
>> > people, and that a warning telling people to avoid the practice would
>> > be unwelcome.
>> 
>> Ah, different people guess different reasons out of the same
>> observation.  My interpretation of this is the first time about the
>> complaint on "noise" was because everybody else would not even have
>> additional worktree in-tree.
>
> I suppose a suggestion about not adding worktree in-tree in the add
> command description would be helpful to avoid the problem.
>
> That's the part I would read if I wanted to learn about adding
> worktrees, and it has none of those examples you mention.

Yeah, care to throw a patch or two at the documentation to help our users and us?

Thanks.
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  2. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2025
  3. Michal SuchánekSep 27, 2025
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  6. Michal SuchánekSep 30, 2025
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2025
  8. Michal SuchánekNov 19, 2025
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  10. Ben KnobleOct 1, 2025
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2025
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  17. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2025
  18. Michal SuchánekOct 2, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2025
  20. 1/2 doc: git-worktree: Link to examplesMichal Suchanek, Oct 2, 2025
  21. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 2, 2025
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2025
  23. Michal SuchánekOct 2, 2025
  24. Jean-Noël AVILAOct 5, 2025
  25. Michal SuchánekOct 10, 2025
  26. 1/2 doc: git-worktree: Link to examplesMichal Suchanek, Oct 10, 2025
  27. Eric SunshineOct 11, 2025
  28. 2/2 doc: git-worktree: Add side by side branch checkout exampleMichal Suchanek, Oct 10, 2025
  29. Eric SunshineOct 11, 2025
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2025
  31. Michal SuchánekOct 24, 2025
  32. Eric SunshineOct 24, 2025
  33. Michal SuchánekNov 18, 2025
  34. Eric SunshineNov 19, 2025
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2026
  36. 2/2 doc: git-worktree: Add side by side branch checkout exampleMichal Suchanek, Oct 2, 2025
  37. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 2, 2025
  38. Michal SuchánekOct 2, 2025
  39. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2025
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  41. Michal SuchánekOct 2, 2025
  42. Johannes SchindelinNov 17, 2025
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