From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> It is helpful to distinguish between a 'working tree' and a 'worktree'. A worktree contains a working tree plus additional metadata. This metadata includes per-worktree refs and worktree-specific config. This is the fourth of multiple changes to git-worktree.txt, restricted to the REFS section. This section previously described "per working tree" refs but they are now replaced with "per-worktree" refs, which matches the definition in glossary-content.txt. The first paragraph of this section was also a bit confusing, so it is cleaned up to make it easier to understand. Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 329d3a9e4ea..563c93a1bc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -256,24 +256,23 @@ have two worktrees, at `/abc/def/ghi` and `/abc/def/ggg`, then `ghi` or REFS ---- -In multiple working trees, some refs may be shared between all working -trees and some refs are local. One example is `HEAD` which is different for each -working tree. This section is about the sharing rules and how to access -refs of one working tree from another. - -In general, all pseudo refs are per working tree and all refs starting -with `refs/` are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like `HEAD` which are -directly under `$GIT_DIR` instead of inside `$GIT_DIR/refs`. There are -exceptions, however: refs inside `refs/bisect` and `refs/worktree` are not -shared. - -Refs that are per working tree can still be accessed from another -working tree via two special paths, `main-worktree` and `worktrees`. The -former gives access to per-working tree refs of the main working tree, -while the latter to all linked working trees. +When using multiple worktrees, some refs are shared between all worktrees, +but others are specific to an individual worktree. One example is `HEAD`, +which is different for each worktree. This section is about the sharing +rules and how to access refs of one worktree from another. + +In general, all pseudo refs are per-worktree and all refs starting with +`refs/` are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like `HEAD` which are directly +under `$GIT_DIR` instead of inside `$GIT_DIR/refs`. There are exceptions, +however: refs inside `refs/bisect` and `refs/worktree` are not shared. + +Refs that are per-worktree can still be accessed from another worktree via +two special paths, `main-worktree` and `worktrees`. The former gives +access to per-worktree refs of the main worktree, while the latter to all +linked worktrees. For example, `main-worktree/HEAD` or `main-worktree/refs/bisect/good` -resolve to the same value as the main working tree's `HEAD` and +resolve to the same value as the main worktree's `HEAD` and `refs/bisect/good` respectively. Similarly, `worktrees/foo/HEAD` or `worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad` are the same as `$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/foo/HEAD` and -- gitgitgadget
