Re: [PATCH] builtin/worktree.c: add option for setting worktree name
From: Barret Rennie <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-25 07:29:56
What is "the name for the worktree"? Is it the directory where it lives in? Is it how it is listed with 'git worktree list'?
The name of the worktree is the name of the created directory in `.git/worktrees`.
How is --name different from the <path> argument?
Currently, if you run: git worktree add /my/worktree/checkout <branch> you get a worktree "named" checkout, i.e., `.git/worktrees/checkout`. The idea with this patch is to allow you use a more specific name when you would otherwise have mulitiple worktrees of the form `checkout`, `checkout1`, etc. That is, you could do git worktree add --name branch1 /worktrees/branch1/src branch1 git worktree add --name branch2 /worktrees/branch2/src branch2 git worktree add --name branch3 /worktrees/branch3/src branch3 and have `.git/worktrees/branch1`, `.git/worktrees/branch2` and `.git/worktrees/branch3` instead of `.git/worktrees/src`, `.git/worktrees/src1`, `.git/worktrees/src2`. That way, it becomes more clear when poking inside `.git/worktrees` which directory points to which checkout. Perhaps "worktree name" isn't the most clear nomenclature for this feature. Would "worktree directory name" be better?