diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc b/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
index e6e77252ab..da4c38f909 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.adoc
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ the new working tree location.
`remove`::
Remove a worktree. Only clean worktrees (no untracked files and no
-modification in tracked files) can be removed. Unclean worktrees or ones
-with submodules can be removed with `--force`. The main worktree cannot be
-removed.
+modification in tracked files) can be removed. A worktree in the middle
+of a rebase, a `git am` session, a bisect or a cherry-pick or revert
+sequence is not clean either, because removing it loses that state. Unclean worktrees or ones with submodules
+can be removed with `--force`. The main worktree cannot be removed.
`repair [<path>...]`::
@@ -189,7 +190,9 @@ twice. If the destination is already assigned to some other worktree but is
missing (for instance, if _<new-path>_ was deleted manually), then `--force`
allows the move to proceed; use `--force` twice if the destination is locked.
+
-`remove` refuses to remove an unclean worktree unless `--force` is used.
+`remove` refuses to remove an unclean worktree, or one in the middle of a
+rebase, `git am` session, bisect, or cherry-pick or revert sequence,
+unless `--force` is used.
To remove a locked worktree, specify `--force` twice.
`-b <new-branch>`::
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 77ecd0f71f..ed08de1f43 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include "submodule.h"
#include "utf8.h"
#include "worktree.h"
+#include "wt-status.h"
#include "quote.h"
#define BUILTIN_WORKTREE_ADD_USAGE \
@@ -1408,6 +1409,32 @@ static void check_clean_worktree(struct worktree *wt,
original_path, ret);
}
+/*
+ * A rebase, "git am", bisect or cherry-pick/revert sequence keeps its
+ * state in the worktree's own $GIT_DIR, and removing the worktree
+ * throws that away even when "git status" says the files are clean.
+ */
+static void check_no_operation_in_progress(struct worktree *wt,
+ const char *original_path)
+{
+ struct wt_status_state state = { 0 };
+
+ if (wt_status_check_rebase(wt, &state)) {
+ if (state.am_in_progress)
+ die(_("'%s' is in the middle of an am session, use --force to delete it"),
+ original_path);
+ die(_("'%s' is in the middle of a rebase, use --force to delete it"),
+ original_path);
+ }
+ if (wt_status_check_bisect(wt, &state))
+ die(_("'%s' is in the middle of a bisect, use --force to delete it"),
+ original_path);
+ wt_status_state_free_buffers(&state);
+ if (is_directory(worktree_git_path(wt, "sequencer")))
+ die(_("'%s' is in the middle of a cherry-pick or revert, use --force to delete it"),
+ original_path);
+}
+
static int delete_git_work_tree(struct worktree *wt)
{
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;@@ -1461,8 +1488,10 @@ static int remove_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix,
strbuf_release(&errmsg);
if (file_exists(wt->path)) {
- if (!force)
+ if (!force) {
+ check_no_operation_in_progress(wt, av[0]);
check_clean_worktree(wt, av[0]);
+ }
ret |= delete_git_work_tree(wt);
}diff --git a/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh b/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
index 69768c1207..4eb56a8911 100755
--- a/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
+++ b/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
@@ -271,4 +271,63 @@ test_expect_success 'move worktree with relative path to absolute path' '
test_cmp expect .git/worktrees/absolute/gitdir
'
+test_expect_success 'remove worktree in the middle of a rebase' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf mid-rebase; git worktree prune" &&
+ git worktree add --detach mid-rebase init &&
+ test_commit -C mid-rebase rebase-me &&
+ test_must_fail git -C mid-rebase rebase -f -x false init &&
+ test_must_fail git worktree remove mid-rebase 2>err &&
+ test_grep "in the middle of a rebase" err &&
+ test_path_is_dir mid-rebase &&
+ git worktree remove --force mid-rebase &&
+ test_path_is_missing mid-rebase
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove worktree in the middle of an am session' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf mid-am patch; git worktree prune" &&
+ git worktree add --detach mid-am init &&
+ test_commit -C mid-am am-me &&
+ git -C mid-am format-patch -1 --stdout >patch &&
+ git -C mid-am reset --hard init &&
+ echo conflict >mid-am/am-me.t &&
+ git -C mid-am add am-me.t &&
+ git -C mid-am commit -m conflict &&
+ test_must_fail git -C mid-am am ../patch &&
+ git -C mid-am reset --hard &&
+ test_must_fail git worktree remove mid-am 2>err &&
+ test_grep "in the middle of an am session" err &&
+ git worktree remove --force mid-am
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove worktree in the middle of a bisect' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf mid-bisect; git worktree prune" &&
+ git worktree add --detach mid-bisect init &&
+ test_commit -C mid-bisect bisect-one &&
+ test_commit -C mid-bisect bisect-two &&
+ git -C mid-bisect bisect start HEAD init &&
+ test_must_fail git worktree remove mid-bisect 2>err &&
+ test_grep "in the middle of a bisect" err &&
+ git worktree remove --force mid-bisect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove worktree in the middle of a cherry-pick sequence' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf mid-pick; git worktree prune" &&
+ git worktree add --detach mid-pick init &&
+ git -C mid-pick switch -c pick-src &&
+ test_commit -C mid-pick pick-one &&
+ test_commit -C mid-pick pick-two &&
+ git -C mid-pick switch --detach init &&
+ echo conflict >mid-pick/pick-one.t &&
+ git -C mid-pick add pick-one.t &&
+ git -C mid-pick commit -m conflict &&
+ test_must_fail git -C mid-pick cherry-pick pick-src~1 pick-src &&
+ git -C mid-pick checkout --theirs pick-one.t &&
+ git -C mid-pick add pick-one.t &&
+ git -C mid-pick commit --no-edit &&
+ test_path_is_dir .git/worktrees/mid-pick/sequencer &&
+ test_must_fail git worktree remove mid-pick 2>err &&
+ test_grep "in the middle of a cherry-pick or revert" err &&
+ git worktree remove --force mid-pick
+'
+
test_done
--
2.56.0