One of git-worktree's roles is to populate the new worktree, much like
git-checkout, and thus, for convenience, ought to support several of the
same shortcuts. Toward this goal, add a --detach option to detach HEAD
in the new worktree.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <redacted>
---
Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 6 +++++-
builtin/worktree.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 552c8e4..96e2142 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-worktree - Manage multiple worktrees
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git worktree add' [-f] <path> <branch>
+'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] <path> <branch>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ OPTIONS
is already checked out by another worktree. This option overrides
that safeguard.
+--detach::
+ With `add`, detach HEAD in the new worktree. See "DETACHED HEAD" in
+ linkgit:git-checkout[1].
+
-n::
--dry-run::
With `prune`, do not remove anything; just report what it would
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index c9d6462..6967369 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ static int prune(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
{
struct child_process c;
- int force = 0;
+ int force = 0, detach = 0;
const char *path, *branch;
struct argv_array cmd = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
struct option options[] = {
OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("checkout <branch> even if already checked out in other worktree")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -145,6 +146,8 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
argv_array_pushl(&cmd, "--to", path, NULL);
if (force)
argv_array_push(&cmd, "--ignore-other-worktrees");
+ if (detach)
+ argv_array_push(&cmd, "--detach");
argv_array_push(&cmd, branch);
memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
--
2.5.0.rc1.197.g417e668