Multiple working directories with Git?

Question

I\'m not sure if this is something supported by Git, but in theory it seems like it should work to me.

My workflow often involves my editing of files in multiple bra

Answer 1

The git distribution comes with a contributed script called git-new-workdir. You would use it as follows:

git-new-workdir project-dir new-workdir branch

where project-dir is the name of the directory containing your .git repository. This scripts creates another .git directory with many symlinks to the original one except for files that cannot be shared (like the current branch), allowing you to work in two different branches.

It sounds a bit fragile, but it's an option.