On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 11:53 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * ja/worktree-orphan (2022-11-10) 2 commits
> - worktree add: add --orphan flag
> - worktree add: Include -B in usage docs
>
> 'git worktree add' learned how to create a worktree based on an
> orphaned branch with `--orphan`.
>
> Waiting for review discussion to settle, but leaning negative.
> source: <20221110233137.10414-1-jacobabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
I haven't had a chance yet to look at Jacob's v3, but this series does
close a gap in worktree usability[*], and v3 addresses a stated
concern of mine against earlier iterations, so I think a "negative
lean" may not be warranted.
[*] In particular, it is currently impossible to create a worktree
from a brand new bare repository:
% git init --bare foo.git
% git -C foo.git worktree add -b main bar
Preparing worktree (new branch 'main')
fatal: not a valid object name: 'HEAD'
%
whereas, with this patch series:
% git init --bare foo.git
% git -C foo.git worktree add --orphan main bar
Preparing worktree (new branch 'main')
%
(The commit message can probably be improved to spell this out since
it wasn't obvious to me, simply from reading the commit message, that
this problem existed.)
