/tags/worktrees/ Recent content in Worktrees on deskriders Hugo en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:36:06 +0100 /posts/git-worktrees-tutorial/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:36:06 +0100 /posts/git-worktrees-tutorial/ <p>Stop cloning. Stop stashing. Start branching in parallel.</p> <p>Git worktrees give you a second (or third, or tenth) working directory attached to a single repository — the same <code>.git</code>, the same object database, the same refs — but with an independent working tree, HEAD, and index. One repo, many folders. One <code>.git</code>, many trees.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-problem--one-working-tree-is-a-bottleneck">The Problem — One Working Tree Is a Bottleneck</h2> <p>You&rsquo;re 200 lines deep into a feature branch when a critical bug ships to prod. The fix needs <code>main</code> — but you can&rsquo;t lose your seat. Your IDE indexes are warm, your tests are mid-run, your terminal is full of context.</p>