git and C++ workflow, how to handle object and archive files?

Question

I use git to interface with an SVN repository. I have several git branches for the different projects I work on.

Now, whenever I switch from one branch to another using

Answer 1

To keep multiple checkouts of the same repo, you can use git --work-tree. For example,

mkdir $BRANCH.d
GIT_INDEX_FILE=$BRANCH.index git --work-tree $BRANCH.d checkout $BRANCH

Answer 2

In the contrib/ directory of the git distribution, there is a script called git-new-workdir that allows you to checkout multiples branches in different directories without cloning your repository.