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authorLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>2018-02-12 16:49:39 +0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-02-12 13:13:35 -0800
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parentworktree move: refuse to move worktrees with submodules (diff)
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worktree remove: new command
This command allows to delete a worktree. Like 'move' you cannot remove the main worktree, or one with submodules inside [1]. For deleting $GIT_WORK_TREE, Untracked files or any staged entries are considered precious and therefore prevent removal by default. Ignored files are not precious. When it comes to deleting $GIT_DIR, there's no "clean" check because there should not be any valuable data in there, except: - HEAD reflog. There is nothing we can do about this until somebody steps up and implements the ref graveyard. - Detached HEAD. Technically it can still be recovered. Although it may be nice to warn about orphan commits like 'git checkout' does. [1] We do 'git status' with --ignore-submodules=all for safety anyway. But this needs a closer look by submodule people before we can allow deletion. For example, if a submodule is totally clean, but its repo not absorbed to the main .git dir, then deleting worktree also deletes the valuable .submodule repo too. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index e6764ee8e0..d322acbc67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree>
'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
+'git worktree remove' [--force] <worktree>
'git worktree unlock' <worktree>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -85,6 +86,13 @@ prune::
Prune working tree information in $GIT_DIR/worktrees.
+remove::
+
+Remove a working tree. Only clean working trees (no untracked files
+and no modification in tracked files) can be removed. Unclean working
+trees or ones with submodules can be removed with `--force`. The main
+working tree cannot be removed.
+
unlock::
Unlock a working tree, allowing it to be pruned, moved or deleted.
@@ -94,9 +102,10 @@ OPTIONS
-f::
--force::
- By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when `<commit-ish>` is a branch name and
- is already checked out by another working tree. This option overrides
- that safeguard.
+ By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when
+ `<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by
+ another working tree and `remove` refuses to remove an unclean
+ working tree. This option overrides that safeguard.
-b <new-branch>::
-B <new-branch>::
@@ -278,12 +287,6 @@ Multiple checkout in general is still experimental, and the support
for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT recommended to make multiple
checkouts of a superproject.
-git-worktree could provide more automation for tasks currently
-performed manually, such as:
-
-- `remove` to remove a linked working tree and its administrative files (and
- warn if the working tree is dirty)
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite