git worktree

worktree add.md

source: https://andrewlock.net/working-on-two-git-branches-at-once-with-git-worktree/

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Creating a working tree from an existing branch

git worktree add ../app-example-2 other-feature

In this case, the git worktree command has three additional arguments:

• add indicates want to create a new working tree
• ../app-example-2 is the path to the folder where we want to create the working-tree. As we're running from the root-directory, this creates a folder called app-example-2 parallel to the clone folder.
• other-feature is the name of the branch to check-out in the working tree

Creating a working tree from a new branch

git worktree add ../app-example-2 origin/main -b bug-fix

This example creates a new branch, bug-fix from the origin/main branch, and then checks it out at ../app-example-2.

Remove working tree

To remove it, run the following from your "main" working tree

git worktree remove ../app-example-2

If you have uncommitted changes in the linked working tree, git will block you from removing it. You can use --force to force the removal, if you're sure you want to lose the uncommitted changes.