Re: GIT_DIR output from git worktree list

[Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 4:31 AM Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 2:27 AM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > What I was suggesting was that it might be the case that the only way
> > to solve this would be to store the location of the main worktree
> > somewhere within <repo> in some file, and then `git worktree list`
> > would consult that file to learn the location of the main worktree.
>
> Not that it matters because I don't do Git anymore. But when I was
> doing this I imagined unify main and secondary worktrees. When you
> switch from single to multiple worktrees, there is no main worktree
> anymore. The place that is main worktree still has your files, but it
> has the same status and treatment as any other worktree. And the repo
> is tucked away somewhere safe.

I had some vague thoughts along those lines, as well, but such a
change is outside the scope of my limited time these days.

Superficially, the idea I expressed above, of storing the path of the
main worktree in some file within the repository (let's say
`.git/mainworktreepath`) doesn't seem like it should be too difficult
(though I haven't really thought it through). And, if the main
worktree does get moved, the file could be fixed up or kept up-to-date
by the `git worktree repair` command.

(By the way, thanks for responding. It's nice to hear from you again
after your long absence.)