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| git config --global alias.wt-new '!f() { \ | |
| url="$1"; \ | |
| repo_name=$(basename "$url" .git); \ | |
| echo "Creating bare worktree repository: $repo_name"; \ | |
| mkdir "$repo_name" && \ | |
| cd "$repo_name" && \ | |
| git clone --bare "$url" .git && \ | |
| git config --add remote.upstream.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/*" && \ | |
| git fetch upstream && \ | |
| echo "Creating master worktree... "; \ | |
| git worktree add master master && \ | |
| cd master && \ | |
| git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/master && \ | |
| echo "✓ Successfully created bare worktree repository: $repo_name"; \ | |
| echo " Repository: $repo_name/. git"; \ | |
| echo " Master worktree: $repo_name/master"; \ | |
| }; f' | |
| git config --global alias.wt-delete '! f() { \ | |
| echo "Removing worktree: $1"; \ | |
| git worktree remove "$1" && \ | |
| echo "Deleting branch: $1"; \ | |
| git branch -D "$1" && \ | |
| echo "✓ Successfully deleted worktree and branch: $1"; \ | |
| }; f' | |
| git config --global alias.wt-add '!f() { \ | |
| source="${2:-upstream/master}"; \ | |
| case "$source" in \ | |
| */*) \ | |
| remote="${source%/*}"; \ | |
| echo "Fetching from $remote..."; \ | |
| git fetch "$remote" || { echo "Failed to fetch from $remote"; return 1; }; \ | |
| ;; \ | |
| esac; \ | |
| git_dir="$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)"; \ | |
| parent_dir="$(cd "$git_dir/.." && pwd)"; \ | |
| worktree_path="$parent_dir/$1"; \ | |
| echo "Creating worktree: $1 from $source"; \ | |
| git worktree add --no-track -b "$1" "$worktree_path" "$source" && \ | |
| echo "✓ Successfully created worktree: $1 at $worktree_path"; \ | |
| }; f' |
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