Creating a worktree in Git - Try It Yourself

Creating a Git Worktree

📖 Scenario: You are working on a software project using Git. You want to work on a new feature without disturbing your current work. Using Git worktrees allows you to have multiple working directories linked to the same repository.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to create a new Git worktree for a new branch and switch to it safely.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a new branch called feature-xyz

Create a new Git worktree in a folder called feature-xyz

Switch to the new branch in the new worktree

Verify the current branch in the new worktree

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Developers often need to work on multiple features or fixes at the same time. Git worktrees let them do this without switching branches in the same folder, avoiding confusion and lost work.

💼 Career

Understanding Git worktrees is useful for software developers, DevOps engineers, and anyone managing code changes in teams. It helps maintain clean workflows and improves productivity.

1

Create a new branch called feature-xyz

Run the Git command to create a new branch named feature-xyz without switching to it.

Git

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git branch followed by the branch name to create a branch.

2

Create a new Git worktree in folder feature-xyz

Use the Git command to create a new worktree in a folder named feature-xyz and check out the branch feature-xyz there.

Git

git branch feature-xyz
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git worktree add <path> <branch> to create a new worktree.

3

Switch to the new worktree folder and check the current branch

Change directory to the new worktree folder feature-xyz and run the Git command to show the current branch.

Git

git worktree add feature-xyz feature-xyz
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use cd feature-xyz to enter the folder and git branch --show-current to see the branch name.

4

Display the current branch name

Print the output of the command that shows the current branch name in the new worktree folder.

Git

cd feature-xyz
git branch --show-current
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The output should be the branch name feature-xyz.