From git Thu Jun 15 00:40:21 2017 From: Yichao Yu Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:40:21 +0000 To: git Subject: Re: Minor missing features in worktree compare to new-workdir Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=git&m=149748724717248 >> 2. worktree doesn't seem to support multiple worktree on the same >> branch. > > I think this is a very good thing about worktrees as opposed to > workdirs. > > In a situation where I may want multiple worktrees pointing to the same > commit I just check out the SHA rather than the branch: you can have as Hmm, this could be workable. Though in that case it'll be nice to have a easier way to checkout the SHA corresponding to a branch. > many branches set to the same SHA (detached HEAD) as you like, and > there's no concern about dirty workspaces. This latter can actually be > a really big problem (suppose the workdir contained some modified files > then you update another workdir with the same branch... it's not easy to > figure out what happened here!) Unless it can cause internal corruption I'd still prefer to allow this with warning/option. I have indeed cause dirty state myself though 95% of the time it's because I forgot to remove the checkout that I'm done using and the rest 5% being temperary state that I intentionally cause (e.g. update in one checkout before hard resetting the second one).