On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 7:57 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And then from that vantage point it might feel wasteful to dedicate an > unused main worktree—with its own working tree—to just sit somewhere for > its `.git` directory, essentially. Yep, especially in my case where a worktree contains 200,000 files and 5GB; especially on Windows, that's a high tax to pay pointlessly. > > The glossary says under “worktree” (on Git 2.42): > > > A repository can have zero (i.e. bare repository) or one or more > > worktrees attached to it. > > And as someone who never has needed to use a bare repository + worktrees > I've just left it at that. > Thank you for this reference - given Eric's later answers I'll aim to change the text rather than respect its current implication, but knowing what needs to change is hugely helpful :) (not that I know what to change the text *to*, but I guess there's time to think about that)