How I Use Git Worktrees
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There are a bunch of posts on the internet about using git worktree command. As far as I can tell, most of them are primarily about using worktrees as a replacement of, or a supplement to git branches. Instead of switching branches, you just change directories. This is also how I originally had used worktrees, but that didn't stick, and I abandoned them. But recently worktrees grew on me, though my new use-case is unlike branching.
  • lobut
    6·
    4 months ago

    I use worktrees and I wondered the same question, so far here’s what I like:

    git worktrees list can show all the worktrees, you have for this same repo (not crazy value, I know)

    git fetch applies to all your worktrees

    git stash / apply can work across worktrees, so I can stash in one and apply it to another

    You’re limited to a specific branch per worktree and many don’t like that but I typically work from a detached HEAD anyways.

    • nous@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      And cherry-pick commits done on different work trees without syncing them first. Or rebase or mergeworkk done on one work tree with others. Or check commit logs or diff them.