Check out multiple branches simultaneously with git worktree add
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Documented steps
Choose a new directory path for the second working tree and run `git worktree add <path>` to check out the current branch there; or `git worktree add <path> <branch>` to check out an existing branch.
To create a new branch in the new worktree, use `git worktree add -b <new-branch> <path>` (the simplest form `git worktree add <path>` auto-creates a branch named after the path's last component).
For a throwaway detached checkout, run `git worktree add -d <path>` to create a detached HEAD at the current commit.
List all worktrees with `git worktree list` (or `--porcelain` for a stable script-friendly format).
Switch between working trees by cd-ing into each directory; they are independent checkouts sharing the same repository objects and refs.
Remove a worktree with `git worktree remove <path>` (only clean worktrees are removed without `--force`; the main worktree can never be removed).
Clean up stale administrative entries after a worktree was deleted out-of-band with `git worktree prune`.
Official docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree
Known gotchas
A branch can only be checked out in ONE worktree at a time; `git worktree add` refuses to check out a branch that is already checked out elsewhere unless you pass `--force` (twice for locked worktrees).
Per-worktree files like HEAD and the index are separate, but refs under refs/ (except refs/bisect, refs/worktree, refs/rewritten) are shared across all worktrees.
You cannot move a worktree that contains submodules, and linked worktrees with submodules need `git submodule update` run inside them.
Worktrees are identified by path or by a unique final path component; use `--force` to remove trees with untracked/modified files.
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