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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>
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 git-init[1]orgit-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.worktreePruneExpireingit-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.
<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}.
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:
$ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>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.defaultRemoteingit-config[1].
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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
--trackingit-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.
With list, output additional information about worktrees (see below).
--expire <time>
With prune, only expire unused worktrees older than <time>.
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.
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 ghiordef/ghi is enough to point to the former worktree.
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.
For example, main-worktree/HEADormain-worktree/refs/bisect/good
resolve to the same value as the main worktree’s HEAD and
refs/bisect/good respectively. Similarly, worktrees/foo/HEADorworktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad are the same as
$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/foo/HEAD and
$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad.
To access refs, it’s best not to look inside $GIT_DIR directly. Instead
use commands such as git-rev-parse[1]orgit-update-ref[1]
which will handle refs correctly.
config file is shared across all worktrees.
If the config variables core.bareorcore.worktree are present in the
common config file and extensions.worktreeConfig is disabled, then they
will be applied to the main worktree only.
In order to have worktree-specific configuration, you can turn on the
worktreeConfig extension, e.g.:
$ git config extensions.worktreeConfig trueIn 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:
core.worktree should never be shared.
core.bare should not be shared if the value is core.bare=true.
core.sparseCheckout should not be shared, unless you are sure you
always use sparse checkout for all worktrees.
See the documentation of extensions.worktreeConfigingit-config[1] for more details.
$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-next1iftest-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
$GIT_DIRor$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/HEADor/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 gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of
thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to
$GIT_DIRor$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
gitrepository-layout[5] for details.
When extensions.worktreeConfig is enabled, the config file
.git/worktrees/<id>/config.worktree is read after .git/config is.
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. These annotations are:
locked, if the worktree is locked.
prunable, if the worktree can be pruned via git worktree prune.
$ git worktree list /path/to/linked-worktree abcd1234 [master] /path/to/locked-worktree acbd5678 (brancha) locked /path/to/prunable-worktree 5678abc (detached HEAD) prunableFor 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 /path/to/prunable-worktree 5678abc1 (detached HEAD) prunable: gitdir file points to non-existent locationNote 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.
-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
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
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 /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 /path/to/linked-worktree-prunable HEAD 1233def1234def1234def1234def1234def1234b detached prunable gitdir file points to non-existent locationUnless
-z is used any "unusual" characters in the lock reason such as newlines
are escaped and the entire reason is quoted as explained for the
configuration variable core.quotePath (see git-config[1]).
For Example:
$ git worktree list --porcelain ... locked "reason\nwhy is locked" ...
$ 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