On 2/24/17 10:24 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> On 02/24/2017 02:36 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>> On 16 January 2017 at 05:01, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> git worktree add ../9.6 REL9_6_STABLE
>
>> Does this do anythng different from the git contrib script
>> git-new-workdir that I have been using for quite a long while?
>
> I think it's basically a more formally supported version of the contrib
> script. They may have fixed some of the hackier aspects of the contrib
> script --- I mind in particular the fact that you need to disable git's
> auto-gc activity when you use git-new-workdir, but I don't see any such
> restriction in the git-worktree man page.
>
> Haven't tried to switch over myself, but maybe I will at some point.
One thing to be aware of that I discovered: you may not have 2 checkouts
of the same branch, something that is possible with what's currently
documented on the wiki. Since the only pain in the wiki workflow is
setting up a new branch (which I've scripted, attached) I've pretty much
given up on using worktrees.
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