x@y MINGW64 ~/gittest $ ls bare/ barework/ x@y MINGW64 ~/gittest $ ls -a barework ./ ../ test.txt x@y MINGW64 ~/gittest $ git -C bare branch * master x@y MINGW64 ~/gittest $ git -C bare worktree add --no-checkout ../barework Preparing worktree (new branch 'barework') fatal: '../barework' already exists x@y MINGW64 ~/gittest $ git -C bare branch barework * master Why this doesn't just work and if not why is barework branch made then, why at all ? I would like to attach an existing dir to git (make it a workdir) and then update the index with git reset and checkin the differences. I can do that tricking around with a little dir renaming, new empty dir, move the .git file and rename back...
