From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:19:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] contrib: remove "git-new-workdir"
Message-ID: <xmqqwm63jov9.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <4bd78e37-1d96-4d98-b77f-47520200376b@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> If you really want to checkout the same branch in more than one
> worktree you can use "git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees". "git
> checkout --force" predates that option and will, amongst other things,
> overwrite uncommitted changes. Having a separate option avoids nasty
> surprises such as overwriting you uncommitted changes when checking
> out the same branch in more than one worktree.

Very good suggestion.  Thanks.