A replacement for contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir that does not rely on symbolic links and make sharing of objects and refs safer by making the borrowee and borrowers aware of each other. Consider this as still an experimental feature; its UI is still likely to change.
Let me play this up a bit: This is first-class support for multiple working trees per repository. There was a contrib script that could handle this to some extent, but had its warts.
This SO post provides a bit more color on the new feature, the `git worktree` command:
A replacement for contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir that does not rely on symbolic links and make sharing of objects and refs safer by making the borrowee and borrowers aware of each other. Consider this as still an experimental feature; its UI is still likely to change.
Let me play this up a bit: This is first-class support for multiple working trees per repository. There was a contrib script that could handle this to some extent, but had its warts.
This SO post provides a bit more color on the new feature, the `git worktree` command:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6270193/multiple-working-...