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git-worktree(1)
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NAME
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git-worktree - Manage multiple working trees
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock [--reason <string>]]
[-b <new-branch>] <path> [<commit-ish>]
'git worktree list' [-v | --porcelain [-z]]
'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree>
'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
'git worktree remove' [-f] <worktree>
'git worktree repair' [<path>...]
'git worktree unlock' <worktree>
DESCRIPTION
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Manage multiple working trees attached to the same repository.
A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check
out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add` a new working
tree is associated with the repository, along with additional metadata
that differentiates that working tree from others in the same repository.
The working tree, along with this metadata, is called a "worktree".
This new worktree is called a "linked worktree" as opposed to the "main
worktree" prepared by linkgit:git-init[1] or linkgit:git-clone[1].
A repository has one main worktree (if it's not a bare repository) and
zero or more linked worktrees. When you are done with a linked worktree,
remove it with `git worktree remove`.
In its simplest form, `git worktree add <path>` automatically creates a
new branch whose name is the final component of `<path>`, which is
convenient if you plan to work on a new topic. For instance, `git
worktree add ../hotfix` creates new branch `hotfix` and checks it out at
path `../hotfix`. To instead work on an existing branch in a new worktree,
use `git worktree add <path> <branch>`. On the other hand, if you just
plan to make some experimental changes or do testing without disturbing
existing development, it is often convenient to create a 'throwaway'
worktree not associated with any branch. For instance,
`git worktree add -d <path>` creates a new worktree with a detached `HEAD`
at the same commit as the current branch.
If a working tree is deleted without using `git worktree remove`, then
its associated administrative files, which reside in the repository
(see "DETAILS" below), will eventually be removed automatically (see
`gc.worktreePruneExpire` in linkgit:git-config[1]), or you can run
`git worktree prune` in the main or any linked worktree to clean up any
stale administrative files.
If the working tree for a linked worktree is stored on a portable device
or network share which is not always mounted, you can prevent its
administrative files from being pruned by issuing the `git worktree lock`
command, optionally specifying `--reason` to explain why the worktree is
locked.
COMMANDS
--------
add <path> [<commit-ish>]::
Create a worktree at `<path>` and checkout `<commit-ish>` into it. The new worktree
is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except per-worktree
files such as `HEAD`, `index`, etc. As a convenience, `<commit-ish>` may
be a bare "`-`", which is synonymous with `@{-1}`.
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If `<commit-ish>` is a branch name (call it `<branch>`) and is not found,
and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` are used, but there does
exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote (call it `<remote>`)
with a matching name, treat as equivalent to:
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------------
$ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>
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checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Introduce a checkout.defaultRemote setting which can be used to designate a remote to prefer (via checkout.defaultRemote=origin) when running e.g. "git checkout master" to mean origin/master, even though there's other remotes that have the "master" branch. I want this because it's very handy to use this workflow to checkout a repository and create a topic branch, then get back to a "master" as retrieved from upstream: ( cd /tmp && rm -rf tbdiff && git clone git@github.com:trast/tbdiff.git && cd tbdiff && git branch -m topic && git checkout master ) That will output: Branch 'master' set up to track remote branch 'master' from 'origin'. Switched to a new branch 'master' But as soon as a new remote is added (e.g. just to inspect something from someone else) the DWIMery goes away: ( cd /tmp && rm -rf tbdiff && git clone git@github.com:trast/tbdiff.git && cd tbdiff && git branch -m topic && git remote add avar git@github.com:avar/tbdiff.git && git fetch avar && git checkout master ) Will output (without the advice output added earlier in this series): error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git. The new checkout.defaultRemote config allows me to say that whenever that ambiguity comes up I'd like to prefer "origin", and it'll still work as though the only remote I had was "origin". Also adjust the advice.checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName message to mention this new config setting to the user, the full output on my git.git is now (the last paragraph is new): $ ./git --exec-path=$PWD checkout master error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git. hint: 'master' matched more than one remote tracking branch. hint: We found 26 remotes with a reference that matched. So we fell back hint: on trying to resolve the argument as a path, but failed there too! hint: hint: If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin', hint: you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option: hint: hint: git checkout --track origin/<name> hint: hint: If you'd like to always have checkouts of an ambiguous <name> prefer hint: one remote, e.g. the 'origin' remote, consider setting hint: checkout.defaultRemote=origin in your config. I considered splitting this into checkout.defaultRemote and worktree.defaultRemote, but it's probably less confusing to break our own rules that anything shared between config should live in core.* than have two config settings, and I couldn't come up with a short name under core.* that made sense (core.defaultRemoteForCheckout?). See also 70c9ac2f19 ("DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"", 2009-10-18) which introduced this DWIM feature to begin with, and 4e85333197 ("worktree: make add <path> <branch> dwim", 2017-11-26) which added it to git-worktree. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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If the branch exists in multiple remotes and one of them is named by
the `checkout.defaultRemote` configuration variable, we'll use that
one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the `<branch>` isn't
unique across all remotes. Set it to
e.g. `checkout.defaultRemote=origin` to always checkout remote
branches from there if `<branch>` is ambiguous but exists on the
`origin` remote. See also `checkout.defaultRemote` in
checkout & worktree: introduce checkout.defaultRemote Introduce a checkout.defaultRemote setting which can be used to designate a remote to prefer (via checkout.defaultRemote=origin) when running e.g. "git checkout master" to mean origin/master, even though there's other remotes that have the "master" branch. I want this because it's very handy to use this workflow to checkout a repository and create a topic branch, then get back to a "master" as retrieved from upstream: ( cd /tmp && rm -rf tbdiff && git clone git@github.com:trast/tbdiff.git && cd tbdiff && git branch -m topic && git checkout master ) That will output: Branch 'master' set up to track remote branch 'master' from 'origin'. Switched to a new branch 'master' But as soon as a new remote is added (e.g. just to inspect something from someone else) the DWIMery goes away: ( cd /tmp && rm -rf tbdiff && git clone git@github.com:trast/tbdiff.git && cd tbdiff && git branch -m topic && git remote add avar git@github.com:avar/tbdiff.git && git fetch avar && git checkout master ) Will output (without the advice output added earlier in this series): error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git. The new checkout.defaultRemote config allows me to say that whenever that ambiguity comes up I'd like to prefer "origin", and it'll still work as though the only remote I had was "origin". Also adjust the advice.checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName message to mention this new config setting to the user, the full output on my git.git is now (the last paragraph is new): $ ./git --exec-path=$PWD checkout master error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git. hint: 'master' matched more than one remote tracking branch. hint: We found 26 remotes with a reference that matched. So we fell back hint: on trying to resolve the argument as a path, but failed there too! hint: hint: If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin', hint: you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option: hint: hint: git checkout --track origin/<name> hint: hint: If you'd like to always have checkouts of an ambiguous <name> prefer hint: one remote, e.g. the 'origin' remote, consider setting hint: checkout.defaultRemote=origin in your config. I considered splitting this into checkout.defaultRemote and worktree.defaultRemote, but it's probably less confusing to break our own rules that anything shared between config should live in core.* than have two config settings, and I couldn't come up with a short name under core.* that made sense (core.defaultRemoteForCheckout?). See also 70c9ac2f19 ("DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"", 2009-10-18) which introduced this DWIM feature to begin with, and 4e85333197 ("worktree: make add <path> <branch> dwim", 2017-11-26) which added it to git-worktree. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-06-05 14:40:49 +00:00
linkgit:git-config[1].
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If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used,
then, as a convenience, the new worktree is associated with a branch (call
it `<branch>`) named after `$(basename <path>)`. If `<branch>` doesn't
exist, a new branch based on `HEAD` is automatically created as if
`-b <branch>` was given. If `<branch>` does exist, it will be checked out
in the new worktree, if it's not checked out anywhere else, otherwise the
command will refuse to create the worktree (unless `--force` is used).
list::
List details of each worktree. The main worktree is listed first,
followed by each of the linked worktrees. The output details include
whether the worktree is bare, the revision currently checked out, the
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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branch currently checked out (or "detached HEAD" if none), "locked" if
the worktree is locked, "prunable" if the worktree can be pruned by the
`prune` command.
lock::
If a worktree is on a portable device or network share which is not always
mounted, lock it to prevent its administrative files from being pruned
automatically. This also prevents it from being moved or deleted.
Optionally, specify a reason for the lock with `--reason`.
move::
Move a worktree to a new location. Note that the main worktree or linked
worktrees containing submodules cannot be moved with this command. (The
`git worktree repair` command, however, can reestablish the connection
with linked worktrees if you move the main worktree manually.)
prune::
Prune worktree information in `$GIT_DIR/worktrees`.
remove::
Remove a worktree. Only clean worktrees (no untracked files and no
modification in tracked files) can be removed. Unclean worktrees or ones
with submodules can be removed with `--force`. The main worktree cannot be
removed.
repair [<path>...]::
Repair worktree administrative files, if possible, if they have become
corrupted or outdated due to external factors.
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For instance, if the main worktree (or bare repository) is moved, linked
worktrees will be unable to locate it. Running `repair` in the main
worktree will reestablish the connection from linked worktrees back to the
main worktree.
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Similarly, if the working tree for a linked worktree is moved without
using `git worktree move`, the main worktree (or bare repository) will be
unable to locate it. Running `repair` within the recently-moved worktree
will reestablish the connection. If multiple linked worktrees are moved,
running `repair` from any worktree with each tree's new `<path>` as an
argument, will reestablish the connection to all the specified paths.
worktree: teach `repair` to fix multi-directional breakage `git worktree repair` knows how to repair the two-way links between the repository and a worktree as long as a link in one or the other direction is sound. For instance, if a linked worktree is moved (without using `git worktree move`), repair is possible because the worktree still knows the location of the repository even though the repository no longer knows where the worktree is. Similarly, if the repository is moved, repair is possible since the repository still knows the locations of the worktrees even though the worktrees no longer know where the repository is. However, if both the repository and the worktrees are moved, then links are severed in both directions, and no repair is possible. This is the case even when the new worktree locations are specified as arguments to `git worktree repair`. The reason for this limitation is twofold. First, when `repair` consults the worktree's gitfile (/path/to/worktree/.git) to determine the corresponding <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir file to fix, <repo> is the old path to the repository, thus it is unable to fix the `gitdir` file at its new location since it doesn't know where it is. Second, when `repair` consults <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir to find the location of the worktree's gitfile (/path/to/worktree/.git), the path recorded in `gitdir` is the old location of the worktree's gitfile, thus it is unable to repair the gitfile since it doesn't know where it is. Fix these shortcomings by teaching `repair` to attempt to infer the new location of the <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir file when the location recorded in the worktree's gitfile has become stale but the file is otherwise well-formed. The inference is intentionally simple-minded. For each worktree path specified as an argument, `git worktree repair` manually reads the ".git" gitfile at that location and, if it is well-formed, extracts the <id>. It then searches for a corresponding <id> in <repo>/worktrees/ and, if found, concludes that there is a reasonable match and updates <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir to point at the specified worktree path. In order for <repo> to be known, `git worktree repair` must be run in the main worktree or bare repository. `git worktree repair` first attempts to repair each incoming /path/to/worktree/.git gitfile to point at the repository, and then attempts to repair outgoing <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir files to point at the worktrees. This sequence was chosen arbitrarily when originally implemented since the order of fixes is immaterial as long as one side of the two-way link between the repository and a worktree is sound. However, for this new repair technique to work, the order must be reversed. This is because the new inference mechanism, when it is successful, allows the outgoing <repo>/worktrees/<id>/gitdir file to be repaired, thus fixing one side of the two-way link. Once that side is fixed, the other side can be fixed by the existing repair mechanism, hence the order of repairs is now significant. Two safeguards are employed to avoid hijacking a worktree from a different repository if the user accidentally specifies a foreign worktree as an argument. The first, as described above, is that it requires an <id> match between the repository and the worktree. That itself is not foolproof for preventing hijack, so the second safeguard is that the inference will only kick in if the worktree's /path/to/worktree/.git gitfile does not point at a repository. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-21 08:16:01 +00:00
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If both the main worktree and linked worktrees have been moved manually,
then running `repair` in the main worktree and specifying the new `<path>`
of each linked worktree will reestablish all connections in both
directions.
unlock::
Unlock a worktree, allowing it to be pruned, moved or deleted.
OPTIONS
-------
-f::
--force::
By default, `add` refuses to create a new worktree when
`<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by
another worktree, or if `<path>` is already assigned to some
worktree but is missing (for instance, if `<path>` was deleted
manually). This option overrides these safeguards. To add a missing but
locked worktree path, specify `--force` twice.
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`move` refuses to move a locked worktree unless `--force` is specified
twice. If the destination is already assigned to some other worktree but is
missing (for instance, if `<new-path>` was deleted manually), then `--force`
allows the move to proceed; use `--force` twice if the destination is locked.
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`remove` refuses to remove an unclean worktree unless `--force` is used.
To remove a locked worktree, specify `--force` twice.
-b <new-branch>::
-B <new-branch>::
With `add`, create a new branch named `<new-branch>` starting at
`<commit-ish>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new worktree.
If `<commit-ish>` is omitted, it defaults to `HEAD`.
By default, `-b` refuses to create a new branch if it already
exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to
`<commit-ish>`.
-d::
--detach::
With `add`, detach `HEAD` in the new worktree. See "DETACHED HEAD"
in linkgit:git-checkout[1].
--[no-]checkout::
By default, `add` checks out `<commit-ish>`, however, `--no-checkout` can
be used to suppress checkout in order to make customizations,
such as configuring sparse-checkout. See "Sparse checkout"
in linkgit:git-read-tree[1].
--[no-]guess-remote::
With `worktree add <path>`, without `<commit-ish>`, instead
of creating a new branch from `HEAD`, if there exists a tracking
branch in exactly one remote matching the basename of `<path>`,
base the new branch on the remote-tracking branch, and mark
the remote-tracking branch as "upstream" from the new branch.
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This can also be set up as the default behaviour by using the
`worktree.guessRemote` config option.
--[no-]track::
When creating a new branch, if `<commit-ish>` is a branch,
mark it as "upstream" from the new branch. This is the
default if `<commit-ish>` is a remote-tracking branch. See
`--track` in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
--lock::
Keep the worktree locked after creation. This is the
equivalent of `git worktree lock` after `git worktree add`,
but without a race condition.
-n::
--dry-run::
With `prune`, do not remove anything; just report what it would
remove.
--porcelain::
With `list`, output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
This format will remain stable across Git versions and regardless of user
configuration. It is recommended to combine this with `-z`.
See below for details.
-z::
Terminate each line with a NUL rather than a newline when
`--porcelain` is specified with `list`. This makes it possible
to parse the output when a worktree path contains a newline
character.
-q::
--quiet::
With `add`, suppress feedback messages.
-v::
--verbose::
With `prune`, report all removals.
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With `list`, output additional information about worktrees (see below).
--expire <time>::
With `prune`, only expire unused worktrees older than `<time>`.
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-27 08:03:09 +00:00
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With `list`, annotate missing worktrees as prunable if they are older than
`<time>`.
--reason <string>::
With `lock` or with `add --lock`, an explanation why the worktree
is locked.
<worktree>::
Worktrees can be identified by path, either relative or absolute.
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If the last path components in the worktree's path is unique among
worktrees, it can be used to identify a worktree. For example if you only
have two worktrees, at `/abc/def/ghi` and `/abc/def/ggg`, then `ghi` or
`def/ghi` is enough to point to the former worktree.
REFS
----
When using multiple worktrees, some refs are shared between all worktrees,
but others are specific to an individual worktree. One example is `HEAD`,
which is different for each worktree. This section is about the sharing
rules and how to access refs of one worktree from another.
In general, all pseudo refs are per-worktree and all refs starting with
`refs/` are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like `HEAD` which are directly
under `$GIT_DIR` instead of inside `$GIT_DIR/refs`. There are exceptions,
however: refs inside `refs/bisect` and `refs/worktree` are not shared.
Refs that are per-worktree can still be accessed from another worktree via
two special paths, `main-worktree` and `worktrees`. The former gives
access to per-worktree refs of the main worktree, while the latter to all
linked worktrees.
refs: new ref types to make per-worktree refs visible to all worktrees One of the problems with multiple worktree is accessing per-worktree refs of one worktree from another worktree. This was sort of solved by multiple ref store, where the code can open the ref store of another worktree and has access to the ref space of that worktree. The problem with this is reporting. "HEAD" in another ref space is also called "HEAD" like in the current ref space. In order to differentiate them, all the code must somehow carry the ref store around and print something like "HEAD from this ref store". But that is not feasible (or possible with a _lot_ of work). With the current design, we pass a reference around as a string (so called "refname"). Extending this design to pass a string _and_ a ref store is a nightmare, especially when handling extended SHA-1 syntax. So we do it another way. Instead of entering a separate ref space, we make refs from other worktrees available in the current ref space. So "HEAD" is always HEAD of the current worktree, but then we can have "worktrees/blah/HEAD" to denote HEAD from a worktree named "blah". This syntax coincidentally matches the underlying directory structure which makes implementation a bit easier. The main worktree has to be treated specially because well... it's special from the beginning. So HEAD from the main worktree is acccessible via the name "main-worktree/HEAD" instead of "worktrees/main/HEAD" because "main" could be just another secondary worktree. This patch also makes it possible to specify refs from one worktree in another one, e.g. git log worktrees/foo/HEAD Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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For example, `main-worktree/HEAD` or `main-worktree/refs/bisect/good`
resolve to the same value as the main worktree's `HEAD` and
`refs/bisect/good` respectively. Similarly, `worktrees/foo/HEAD` or
`worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad` are the same as
`$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/foo/HEAD` and
`$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad`.
refs: new ref types to make per-worktree refs visible to all worktrees One of the problems with multiple worktree is accessing per-worktree refs of one worktree from another worktree. This was sort of solved by multiple ref store, where the code can open the ref store of another worktree and has access to the ref space of that worktree. The problem with this is reporting. "HEAD" in another ref space is also called "HEAD" like in the current ref space. In order to differentiate them, all the code must somehow carry the ref store around and print something like "HEAD from this ref store". But that is not feasible (or possible with a _lot_ of work). With the current design, we pass a reference around as a string (so called "refname"). Extending this design to pass a string _and_ a ref store is a nightmare, especially when handling extended SHA-1 syntax. So we do it another way. Instead of entering a separate ref space, we make refs from other worktrees available in the current ref space. So "HEAD" is always HEAD of the current worktree, but then we can have "worktrees/blah/HEAD" to denote HEAD from a worktree named "blah". This syntax coincidentally matches the underlying directory structure which makes implementation a bit easier. The main worktree has to be treated specially because well... it's special from the beginning. So HEAD from the main worktree is acccessible via the name "main-worktree/HEAD" instead of "worktrees/main/HEAD" because "main" could be just another secondary worktree. This patch also makes it possible to specify refs from one worktree in another one, e.g. git log worktrees/foo/HEAD Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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To access refs, it's best not to look inside `$GIT_DIR` directly. Instead
use commands such as linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] or linkgit:git-update-ref[1]
which will handle refs correctly.
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
CONFIGURATION FILE
------------------
By default, the repository `config` file is shared across all worktrees.
If the config variables `core.bare` or `core.worktree` are present in the
common config file and `extensions.worktreeConfig` is disabled, then they
will be applied to the main worktree only.
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
In order to have worktree-specific configuration, you can turn on the
`worktreeConfig` extension, e.g.:
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
------------
$ git config extensions.worktreeConfig true
------------
In this mode, specific configuration stays in the path pointed by `git
rev-parse --git-path config.worktree`. You can add or update
configuration in this file with `git config --worktree`. Older Git
versions will refuse to access repositories with this extension.
Note that in this file, the exception for `core.bare` and `core.worktree`
is gone. If they exist in `$GIT_DIR/config`, you must move
them to the `config.worktree` of the main worktree. You may also take this
opportunity to review and move other configuration that you do not want to
share to all worktrees:
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
Documentation: add extensions.worktreeConfig details The extensions.worktreeConfig extension was added in 58b284a (worktree: add per-worktree config files, 2018-10-21) and was somewhat documented in Documentation/git-config.txt. However, the extensions.worktreeConfig value was not specified further in the list of possible config keys. The location of the config.worktree file is not specified, and there are some precautions that should be mentioned clearly, but are only mentioned in git-worktree.txt. Expand the documentation to help users discover the complexities of extensions.worktreeConfig by adding details and cross links in these locations (relative to Documentation/): - config/extensions.txt - git-config.txt - git-worktree.txt The updates focus on items such as * $GIT_DIR/config.worktree takes precedence over $GIT_COMMON_DIR/config. * The core.worktree and core.bare=true settings are incorrect to have in the common config file when extensions.worktreeConfig is enabled. * The sparse-checkout settings core.sparseCheckout[Cone] are recommended to be set in the worktree config. As documented in 11664196ac ("Revert "check_repository_format_gently(): refuse extensions for old repositories"", 2020-07-15), this extension must be considered regardless of the repository format version for historical reasons. A future change will update references to extensions.worktreeConfig within git-sparse-checkout.txt, but a behavior change is needed before making those updates. Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- `core.worktree` should never be shared.
- `core.bare` should not be shared if the value is `core.bare=true`.
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
- `core.sparseCheckout` should not be shared, unless you are sure you
always use sparse checkout for all worktrees.
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
Documentation: add extensions.worktreeConfig details The extensions.worktreeConfig extension was added in 58b284a (worktree: add per-worktree config files, 2018-10-21) and was somewhat documented in Documentation/git-config.txt. However, the extensions.worktreeConfig value was not specified further in the list of possible config keys. The location of the config.worktree file is not specified, and there are some precautions that should be mentioned clearly, but are only mentioned in git-worktree.txt. Expand the documentation to help users discover the complexities of extensions.worktreeConfig by adding details and cross links in these locations (relative to Documentation/): - config/extensions.txt - git-config.txt - git-worktree.txt The updates focus on items such as * $GIT_DIR/config.worktree takes precedence over $GIT_COMMON_DIR/config. * The core.worktree and core.bare=true settings are incorrect to have in the common config file when extensions.worktreeConfig is enabled. * The sparse-checkout settings core.sparseCheckout[Cone] are recommended to be set in the worktree config. As documented in 11664196ac ("Revert "check_repository_format_gently(): refuse extensions for old repositories"", 2020-07-15), this extension must be considered regardless of the repository format version for historical reasons. A future change will update references to extensions.worktreeConfig within git-sparse-checkout.txt, but a behavior change is needed before making those updates. Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2022-02-07 21:32:58 +00:00
See the documentation of `extensions.worktreeConfig` in
linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
DETAILS
-------
Each linked worktree has a private sub-directory in the repository's
`$GIT_DIR/worktrees` directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually
the base name of the linked worktree's path, possibly appended with a
number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the
command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked
worktree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a
`$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1`
if `test-next` is already taken).
Within a linked worktree, `$GIT_DIR` is set to point to this private
directory (e.g. `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` in the example) and
`$GIT_COMMON_DIR` is set to point back to the main worktree's `$GIT_DIR`
(e.g. `/path/main/.git`). These settings are made in a `.git` file located at
the top directory of the linked worktree.
Path resolution via `git rev-parse --git-path` uses either
`$GIT_DIR` or `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` depending on the path. For example, in the
linked worktree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/HEAD` (not
`/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git
rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses
`$GIT_COMMON_DIR` and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`,
since refs are shared across all worktrees, except `refs/bisect` and
`refs/worktree`.
See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of
thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to
`$GIT_DIR` or `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` when you need to directly access something
inside `$GIT_DIR`. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path.
If you manually move a linked worktree, you need to update the `gitdir` file
in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked worktree is moved
to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next`
instead. Better yet, run `git worktree repair` to reestablish the connection
automatically.
To prevent a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` entry from being pruned (which
can be useful in some situations, such as when the
entry's worktree is stored on a portable device), use the
`git worktree lock` command, which adds a file named
`locked` to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in
plain text. For example, if a linked worktree's `.git` file points
to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the
`test-next` entry from being pruned. See
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details.
When `extensions.worktreeConfig` is enabled, the config file
worktree: add per-worktree config files A new repo extension is added, worktreeConfig. When it is present: - Repository config reading by default includes $GIT_DIR/config _and_ $GIT_DIR/config.worktree. "config" file remains shared in multiple worktree setup. - The special treatment for core.bare and core.worktree, to stay effective only in main worktree, is gone. These config settings are supposed to be in config.worktree. This extension is most useful in multiple worktree setup because you now have an option to store per-worktree config (which is either .git/config.worktree for main worktree, or .git/worktrees/xx/config.worktree for linked ones). This extension can be used in single worktree mode, even though it's pretty much useless (but this can happen after you remove all linked worktrees and move back to single worktree). "git config" reads from both "config" and "config.worktree" by default (i.e. without either --user, --file...) when this extension is present. Default writes still go to "config", not "config.worktree". A new option --worktree is added for that (*). Since a new repo extension is introduced, existing git binaries should refuse to access to the repo (both from main and linked worktrees). So they will not misread the config file (i.e. skip the config.worktree part). They may still accidentally write to the config file anyway if they use with "git config --file <path>". This design places a bet on the assumption that the majority of config variables are shared so it is the default mode. A safer move would be default writes go to per-worktree file, so that accidental changes are isolated. (*) "git config --worktree" points back to "config" file when this extension is not present and there is only one worktree so that it works in any both single and multiple worktree setups. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-10-21 14:02:28 +00:00
`.git/worktrees/<id>/config.worktree` is read after `.git/config` is.
LIST OUTPUT FORMAT
------------------
The `worktree list` command has two output formats. The default format shows the
details on a single line with columns. For example:
------------
$ git worktree list
/path/to/bare-source (bare)
/path/to/linked-worktree abcd1234 [master]
/path/to/other-linked-worktree 1234abc (detached HEAD)
------------
The command also shows annotations for each worktree, according to its state.
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-27 08:03:09 +00:00
These annotations are:
* `locked`, if the worktree is locked.
* `prunable`, if the worktree can be pruned via `git worktree prune`.
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-27 08:03:09 +00:00
------------
$ git worktree list
/path/to/linked-worktree abcd1234 [master]
/path/to/locked-worktree acbd5678 (brancha) locked
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-27 08:03:09 +00:00
/path/to/prunable-worktree 5678abc (detached HEAD) prunable
------------
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For these annotations, a reason might also be available and this can be
seen using the verbose mode. The annotation is then moved to the next line
indented followed by the additional information.
------------
$ git worktree list --verbose
/path/to/linked-worktree abcd1234 [master]
/path/to/locked-worktree-no-reason abcd5678 (detached HEAD) locked
/path/to/locked-worktree-with-reason 1234abcd (brancha)
locked: worktree path is mounted on a portable device
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/path/to/prunable-worktree 5678abc1 (detached HEAD)
prunable: gitdir file points to non-existent location
------------
Note that the annotation is moved to the next line if the additional
information is available, otherwise it stays on the same line as the
worktree itself.
2021-01-27 08:03:10 +00:00
Porcelain Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The porcelain format has a line per attribute. If `-z` is given then the lines
are terminated with NUL rather than a newline. Attributes are listed with a
label and value separated by a single space. Boolean attributes (like `bare`
and `detached`) are listed as a label only, and are present only
worktree: teach `list --porcelain` to annotate locked worktree Commit c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree, 2020-10-11) taught "git worktree list" to annotate locked worktrees by appending "locked" text to its output, however, this is not listed in the --porcelain format. Teach "list --porcelain" to do the same and add a "locked" attribute followed by its reason, thus making both default and porcelain format consistent. If the locked reason is not available then only "locked" is shown. The output of the "git worktree list --porcelain" becomes like so: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/locked HEAD 123abcdea123abcd123acbd123acbda123abcd12 detached locked worktree /path/to/locked-with-reason HEAD abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1 detached locked reason why it is locked ... In porcelain mode, if the lock reason contains special characters such as newlines, they are escaped with backslashes and the entire reason is enclosed in double quotes. For example: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "worktree's path mounted in\nremovable device" ... Furthermore, let's update the documentation to state that some attributes in the porcelain format might be listed alone or together with its value depending whether the value is available or not. Thus documenting the case of the new "locked" attribute. Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-27 08:03:08 +00:00
if the value is true. Some attributes (like `locked`) can be listed as a label
only or with a value depending upon whether a reason is available. The first
attribute of a worktree is always `worktree`, an empty line indicates the
worktree: teach `list --porcelain` to annotate locked worktree Commit c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree, 2020-10-11) taught "git worktree list" to annotate locked worktrees by appending "locked" text to its output, however, this is not listed in the --porcelain format. Teach "list --porcelain" to do the same and add a "locked" attribute followed by its reason, thus making both default and porcelain format consistent. If the locked reason is not available then only "locked" is shown. The output of the "git worktree list --porcelain" becomes like so: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/locked HEAD 123abcdea123abcd123acbd123acbda123abcd12 detached locked worktree /path/to/locked-with-reason HEAD abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1 detached locked reason why it is locked ... In porcelain mode, if the lock reason contains special characters such as newlines, they are escaped with backslashes and the entire reason is enclosed in double quotes. For example: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "worktree's path mounted in\nremovable device" ... Furthermore, let's update the documentation to state that some attributes in the porcelain format might be listed alone or together with its value depending whether the value is available or not. Thus documenting the case of the new "locked" attribute. Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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end of the record. For example:
------------
$ git worktree list --porcelain
worktree /path/to/bare-source
bare
worktree /path/to/linked-worktree
HEAD abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234
branch refs/heads/master
worktree /path/to/other-linked-worktree
HEAD 1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234a
detached
worktree: teach `list --porcelain` to annotate locked worktree Commit c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree, 2020-10-11) taught "git worktree list" to annotate locked worktrees by appending "locked" text to its output, however, this is not listed in the --porcelain format. Teach "list --porcelain" to do the same and add a "locked" attribute followed by its reason, thus making both default and porcelain format consistent. If the locked reason is not available then only "locked" is shown. The output of the "git worktree list --porcelain" becomes like so: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/locked HEAD 123abcdea123abcd123acbd123acbda123abcd12 detached locked worktree /path/to/locked-with-reason HEAD abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1 detached locked reason why it is locked ... In porcelain mode, if the lock reason contains special characters such as newlines, they are escaped with backslashes and the entire reason is enclosed in double quotes. For example: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "worktree's path mounted in\nremovable device" ... Furthermore, let's update the documentation to state that some attributes in the porcelain format might be listed alone or together with its value depending whether the value is available or not. Thus documenting the case of the new "locked" attribute. Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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worktree /path/to/linked-worktree-locked-no-reason
HEAD 5678abc5678abc5678abc5678abc5678abc5678c
branch refs/heads/locked-no-reason
locked
worktree /path/to/linked-worktree-locked-with-reason
HEAD 3456def3456def3456def3456def3456def3456b
branch refs/heads/locked-with-reason
locked reason why is locked
worktree: teach `list` to annotate prunable worktree The "git worktree list" command shows the absolute path to the worktree, the commit that is checked out, the name of the branch, and a "locked" annotation if the worktree is locked, however, it does not indicate whether the worktree is prunable. The "prune" command will remove a worktree if it is prunable unless `--dry-run` option is specified. This could lead to a worktree being removed without the user realizing before it is too late, in case the user forgets to pass --dry-run for instance. If the "list" command shows which worktree is prunable, the user could verify before running "git worktree prune" and hopefully prevents the working tree to be removed "accidentally" on the worse case scenario. Let's teach "git worktree list" to show when a worktree is a prunable candidate for both default and porcelain format. In the default format a "prunable" text is appended: $ git worktree list /path/to/main aba123 [main] /path/to/linked 123abc [branch-a] /path/to/prunable ace127 (detached HEAD) prunable In the --porcelain format a prunable label is added followed by its reason: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/prunable HEAD abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc1234abc12 detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location ... Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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worktree /path/to/linked-worktree-prunable
HEAD 1233def1234def1234def1234def1234def1234b
detached
prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location
worktree: teach `list --porcelain` to annotate locked worktree Commit c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree, 2020-10-11) taught "git worktree list" to annotate locked worktrees by appending "locked" text to its output, however, this is not listed in the --porcelain format. Teach "list --porcelain" to do the same and add a "locked" attribute followed by its reason, thus making both default and porcelain format consistent. If the locked reason is not available then only "locked" is shown. The output of the "git worktree list --porcelain" becomes like so: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/locked HEAD 123abcdea123abcd123acbd123acbda123abcd12 detached locked worktree /path/to/locked-with-reason HEAD abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1 detached locked reason why it is locked ... In porcelain mode, if the lock reason contains special characters such as newlines, they are escaped with backslashes and the entire reason is enclosed in double quotes. For example: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "worktree's path mounted in\nremovable device" ... Furthermore, let's update the documentation to state that some attributes in the porcelain format might be listed alone or together with its value depending whether the value is available or not. Thus documenting the case of the new "locked" attribute. Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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------------
Unless `-z` is used any "unusual" characters in the lock reason such as newlines
worktree: teach `list --porcelain` to annotate locked worktree Commit c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree, 2020-10-11) taught "git worktree list" to annotate locked worktrees by appending "locked" text to its output, however, this is not listed in the --porcelain format. Teach "list --porcelain" to do the same and add a "locked" attribute followed by its reason, thus making both default and porcelain format consistent. If the locked reason is not available then only "locked" is shown. The output of the "git worktree list --porcelain" becomes like so: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... worktree /path/to/locked HEAD 123abcdea123abcd123acbd123acbda123abcd12 detached locked worktree /path/to/locked-with-reason HEAD abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1 detached locked reason why it is locked ... In porcelain mode, if the lock reason contains special characters such as newlines, they are escaped with backslashes and the entire reason is enclosed in double quotes. For example: $ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "worktree's path mounted in\nremovable device" ... Furthermore, let's update the documentation to state that some attributes in the porcelain format might be listed alone or together with its value depending whether the value is available or not. Thus documenting the case of the new "locked" attribute. Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael Silva <rafaeloliveira.cs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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are escaped and the entire reason is quoted as explained for the
configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
For Example:
------------
$ git worktree list --porcelain
...
locked "reason\nwhy is locked"
...
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EXAMPLES
--------
You are in the middle of a refactoring session and your boss comes in and
demands that you fix something immediately. You might typically use
linkgit:git-stash[1] to store your changes away temporarily, however, your
working tree is in such a state of disarray (with new, moved, and removed
files, and other bits and pieces strewn around) that you don't want to risk
disturbing any of it. Instead, you create a temporary linked worktree to
make the emergency fix, remove it when done, and then resume your earlier
refactoring session.
------------
$ git worktree add -b emergency-fix ../temp master
$ pushd ../temp
# ... hack hack hack ...
$ git commit -a -m 'emergency fix for boss'
$ popd
$ git worktree remove ../temp
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BUGS
----
Multiple checkout in general is still experimental, and the support
for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT recommended to make multiple
checkouts of a superproject.
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite