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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree>
'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
-'git worktree remove' [--force] <worktree>
+'git worktree remove' [-f] <worktree>
'git worktree unlock' <worktree>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add` a new working
tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a
"linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git
init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a
-bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees.
+bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. When you are done
+with a linked working tree, remove it with `git worktree remove`.
-When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it.
-The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see
-"DETAILS" below) will eventually be removed automatically (see
+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 working tree to
clean up any stale administrative files.
@@ -60,8 +61,13 @@ $ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>
------------
+
If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used,
-then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically,
-as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
+then, as a convenience, the new worktree is associated with a branch
+(call it `<branch>`) named after `$(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::
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ OPTIONS
By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when
`<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by
another working tree and `remove` refuses to remove an unclean
- working tree. This option overrides that safeguard.
+ working tree. This option overrides these safeguards.
-b <new-branch>::
-B <new-branch>::
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ The worktree list command has two output formats. The default format shows the
details on a single line with columns. For example:
------------
-S git worktree list
+$ git worktree list
/path/to/bare-source (bare)
/path/to/linked-worktree abcd1234 [master]
/path/to/other-linked-worktree 1234abc (detached HEAD)
@@ -247,7 +253,7 @@ if the value is true. An empty line indicates the end of a worktree. For
example:
------------
-S git worktree list --porcelain
+$ git worktree list --porcelain
worktree /path/to/bare-source
bare
@@ -278,8 +284,7 @@ $ pushd ../temp
# ... hack hack hack ...
$ git commit -a -m 'emergency fix for boss'
$ popd
-$ rm -rf ../temp
-$ git worktree prune
+$ git worktree remove ../temp
------------
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