git worktree

git worktree let us to work on more than one branch at a time. It provides a new working directory for each branch.

Create a Worktree

To create a worktree base on an existing branch, we do

git worktree add ../folder <branch-name>

To create a new branch and create a new worktree for it, we can do:

git worktree add ../folder -b <branch-name>

List Worktrees

git worktree list

Remove a Worktree

To remove a worktree, first we remove the folder and prune the worktree: ¹

rm -r ../folder
git worktree prune

Then we can remove the branch for that worktree:

git branch -D <branch-name>

Footnotes

1. Why does git worktree add create a branch, and can I delete it? - Stack Overflow ↩