Git - worktree

worktree enables us to work on multiple branches simultaneously, eliminating the need to switch between branches manually. Using worktree, git branches can be maintained as directories in the local machine.

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└── repository/
    ├── worktree/
    │   ├── dev
    │   ├── testing
    │   └── production
    ├── src
    ├── tests
    └── README.md

Say we are working in the main branch, and we want to access a part of the code in the dev branch. Using worktree, we can maintain the dev branch as a directory in the local machine and modify or access code snippets from it. Similarly, we can also maintain other branches (e.g., testing, production) in the local directory. An example file structure is illustrated above.

Creating a worktree

mkdir worktree
cd worktree
git worktree add ./<branch name> <branch name>