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diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 3387e2f037..60e5cf9286 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-worktree(1) NAME ---- -git-worktree - Manage multiple worktrees +git-worktree - Manage multiple working trees SYNOPSIS @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Manage multiple worktrees attached to the same repository. +Manage multiple working trees 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 worktree add` a new working @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see `git worktree prune` in the main or any linked working tree to clean up any stale administrative files. -If you move a linked working directory to another file system, or +If you move a linked working tree to another file system, or within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run -at least one git command inside the linked working directory +at least one git command inside the linked working tree (e.g. `git status`) in order to update its administrative files in the repository so that they do not get automatically pruned. @@ -64,22 +64,22 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: - By default, `add` refuses to create a new worktree when `<branch>` - is already checked out by another worktree. This option overrides + By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when `<branch>` + is already checked out by another working tree. This option overrides that safeguard. -b <new-branch>:: -B <new-branch>:: With `add`, create a new branch named `<new-branch>` starting at - `<branch>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new worktree. + `<branch>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new working tree. If `<branch>` is omitted, it defaults to HEAD. By default, `-b` refuses to create a new branch if it already exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to `<branch>`. --detach:: - With `add`, detach HEAD in the new worktree. See "DETACHED HEAD" in - linkgit:git-checkout[1]. + With `add`, detach HEAD in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" + in linkgit:git-checkout[1]. -n:: --dry-run:: @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ OPTIONS With `prune`, report all removals. --expire <time>:: - With `prune`, only expire unused worktrees older than <time>. + With `prune`, only expire unused working trees older than <time>. DETAILS ------- @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ EXAMPLES You are in the middle of a refactoring session and your boss comes in and demands that you fix something immediately. You might typically use linkgit:git-stash[1] to store your changes away temporarily, however, your -worktree is in such a state of disarray (with new, moved, and removed files, -and other bits and pieces strewn around) that you don't want to risk -disturbing any of it. Instead, you create a temporary linked worktree to +working tree is in such a state of disarray (with new, moved, and removed +files, and other bits and pieces strewn around) that you don't want to risk +disturbing any of it. Instead, you create a temporary linked working tree to make the emergency fix, remove it when done, and then resume your earlier refactoring session. @@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ checkouts of a superproject. git-worktree could provide more automation for tasks currently performed manually, such as: -- `remove` to remove a linked worktree and its administrative files (and - warn if the worktree is dirty) -- `mv` to move or rename a worktree and update its administrative files -- `list` to list linked worktrees +- `remove` to remove a linked working tree and its administrative files (and + warn if the working tree is dirty) +- `mv` to move or rename a working tree and update its administrative files +- `list` to list linked working trees - `lock` to prevent automatic pruning of administrative files (for instance, - for a worktree on a portable device) + for a working tree on a portable device) GIT --- |