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Worktrees: Git's best kept secret (and why you should use them) | Tom Ups (www.tomups.com)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can already diff between branches in a single worktree.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, that's what I said.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Then why mention setting up remotes? Why would multiple worktrees help if a worktree is not necessary for the functionality?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

The question I was answering was about worktrees vs. multiple clones. With multiple clones you need to setup remotes to share branches between directories. With worktrees sharing a working copy you don't.