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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-07-13 14:02:18 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-07-13 14:02:19 -0700 |
commit | 799767cc98b2f8e6f82d0de4bef9b5e8fcc16e97 (patch) | |
tree | 6b4292f1c30feec0958156c66c1a724dc067be9e /Documentation/git-checkout.txt | |
parent | 7783eb2e59684492e75068443e1f77f64fe37cc9 (diff) | |
parent | c925fe23684455735c3bb1903803643a24a58d8f (diff) | |
download | git-799767cc98b2f8e6f82d0de4bef9b5e8fcc16e97.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'es/worktree-add'
Update to the "linked checkout" in 2.5.0-rc1.
Instead of "checkout --to" that does not do what "checkout"
normally does, move the functionality to "git worktree add".
* es/worktree-add: (24 commits)
Revert "checkout: retire --ignore-other-worktrees in favor of --force"
checkout: retire --ignore-other-worktrees in favor of --force
worktree: add: auto-vivify new branch when <branch> is omitted
worktree: add: make -b/-B default to HEAD when <branch> is omitted
worktree: extract basename computation to new function
checkout: require worktree unconditionally
checkout: retire --to option
tests: worktree: retrofit "checkout --to" tests for "worktree add"
worktree: add -b/-B options
worktree: add --detach option
worktree: add --force option
worktree: introduce "add" command
checkout: drop 'checkout_opts' dependency from prepare_linked_checkout
checkout: make --to unconditionally verbose
checkout: prepare_linked_checkout: drop now-unused 'new' argument
checkout: relocate --to's "no branch specified" check
checkout: fix bug with --to and relative HEAD
Documentation/git-worktree: add EXAMPLES section
Documentation/git-worktree: add high-level 'lock' overview
Documentation/git-worktree: split technical info from general description
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 2df6d0d4b4..63b739c550 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -229,13 +229,6 @@ This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. ---to=<path>:: - Check out a branch in a separate working directory at - `<path>`. A new working directory is linked to the current - repository, sharing everything except working directory - specific files such as HEAD, index... See "MULTIPLE WORKING - TREES" section for more information. - --ignore-other-worktrees:: `git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked out by another worktree. This option makes it check the ref @@ -405,71 +398,6 @@ $ git reflog -2 HEAD # or $ git log -g -2 HEAD ------------ -MULTIPLE WORKING TREES ----------------------- - -A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check -out more than one branch at a time. With `git checkout --to` 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. - -Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's -$GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually -the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a -number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the -command `git checkout --to /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked -working tree 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 working tree, $GIT_DIR is set to point to this private -directory (e.g. `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` in the example) and -$GIT_COMMON_DIR is set to point back to the main working tree's $GIT_DIR -(e.g. `/path/main/.git`). These settings are made in a `.git` file located at -the top directory of the linked working tree. - -Path resolution via `git rev-parse --git-path` uses either -$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR depending on the path. For example, in the -linked working tree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns -`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/HEAD` (not -`/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git -rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses -$GIT_COMMON_DIR and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, -since refs are shared across all working trees. - -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. - -When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it. -The working tree's entry in the repository's $GIT_DIR/worktrees -directory will eventually be removed automatically (see -`gc.pruneworktreesexpire` in linkgit::git-config[1]), or you can run -`git prune --worktrees` in the main or any linked working tree to -clean up any stale entries in $GIT_DIR/worktrees. - -If you move a linked working directory to another file system, or -within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run -at least one git command inside the linked working directory -(e.g. `git status`) in order to update its entry in $GIT_DIR/worktrees -so that it does not get automatically removed. - -To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from from being pruned (which -can be useful in some situations, such as when the -entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named -'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in -plain text. For example, if a linked working tree'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. - -Multiple checkout support for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT -recommended to make multiple checkouts of a superproject. - EXAMPLES -------- |