Re: [HACKERS] FYI: git worktrees as replacement for "rsync the CVSROOT"

On 16 January 2017 at 05:01, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com> wrote:
> Not sure how many people still use [1], as referenced by our git wiki[2],
> but it appears git worktrees are a viable replacement for that technique. In
> short, if you're already in your checkout:
>
> git worktree add ../9.6 REL9_6_STABLE
>
> would give you a checkout of 9.6 in the ../9.6 directory.
>
> BTW, I learned about this from this "git year in review" article[3].

Looks handy enough to merit adding to the Pg developer FAQ. Please?

It looks cleaner than my current approach of doing a local clone or
re-cloning from upstream with a local repo as a --reference .

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