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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index da71f508b1..3387e2f037 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Manage multiple worktrees attached to the same repository. A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check -out more than one branch at a time. With `git checkout --to` a new working +out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add` a new working tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a "linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's $GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the -command `git checkout --to /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked +command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1` if `test-next` is already taken). @@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ $ git worktree prune BUGS ---- -Multiple checkout support for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT -recommended to make multiple checkouts of a superproject. +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: |