From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE41D20958 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932580AbdCTSu4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:50:56 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f65.google.com ([74.125.83.65]:34413 "EHLO mail-pg0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932523AbdCTSuw (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:50:52 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f65.google.com with SMTP id b5so21521967pgg.1 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:50:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=WW91EryVJ/q4CNAY8N8CYErxCiF8vOU52lgxKNtrf1A=; b=kvEIqDO4/Uz2fVW4GYrKUMF+8UTB9MXPlW3QOQWC7WoDHqh2T89b8y65iO6IEGZWLL y3Otsaeb95idemb8xZmJtffqvOZCTGyn9n/ll8tvRTEO2yZ2FuCXzVQTWLhVzgwnKMFg NUH5xPNR+TRussebeMks9hFJ2MSAoVoKjj8fbyIsZjHW3PpYND6aQ7wkdcctoB/xcQtQ 4gTibhAX5xr7MQOzOP2macil1LzQhKQVtF/a5aZpmm5faAmTX/f8gslGof2Cx+hfug99 Gmg86LaSaVZ+y97TeuGPvAwyu/WVQ7OTlLVgpZhR3LQk/2O2zuY2ESqrfoO2Wxt6ENTk 4I/w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=WW91EryVJ/q4CNAY8N8CYErxCiF8vOU52lgxKNtrf1A=; b=G4W8Oq5clR71j8sHpz5WYF+kUqaf29KLvDlUOIhtfKSXzspcEcaOiCzwFjCIR440DR ShdzMvQ13HktCZ+GetqzkZ6Ng1d4ySS+/twOOqjwmf9Z5vFHwIrrEizfJkI+QcvrCrjA +LBm34AzRQEiuoBgQDgL0nUcDOo+VlqY2g12xo7QolLsP7prxXeVeeulbX+65NrasM6G mF/Rjr6eWfx/VvuqwzovRlIVr82451xjnevOyQSlbAqNxXJfURhzmFJ9PZvXerjlpeiu AyY/XbrfdMLlzpeEikS4YGuEyFz2U0GykOlrtSmJu7v39Y2FkXXltk2g42U9e2jSa65R KuVA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H3wfOFKddo2qrhUtpnOdb32zcAjZvcaMGZRZQqLTqA0+2gXO+FvREsGQoy2qDbRrw== X-Received: by 10.84.140.107 with SMTP id 98mr10324275pls.87.1490035841269; Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:50:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aiede.mtv.corp.google.com ([2620:0:1000:5b10:1478:9e4b:5dd1:a569]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r12sm34958617pgn.26.2017.03.20.11.50.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:50:38 -0700 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Stefan Beller , Duy Nguyen , "git@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system Message-ID: <20170320185038.GU26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> References: <20170317222842.GP26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <20170317225110.13417-1-sbeller@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: >> While it may be true that you can have bare worktrees; I would question >> why anyone wants to do this, as the only thing it provides is an >> additional HEAD (plus its reflog). > > A more plausible situation is you start with a bare one as the > primary and used to make local clones to do your work in the world > before "git worktree". It would be a natural extension to your > workflow to instead create worktrees of of that bare one as the > primary worktree with secondaries with working trees. For what it's worth, this conversation makes me think it was a mistake to call this construct a worktree. It's fine for the command to have one name and the documentation to use a longer, clearer name to explain it. What should that longer, clearer name be? Thanks, Jonathan