worktree-make 🐙

# arguments
worktree-make <branch_create> [<branch_from>]

An easier way to make git worktrees and branches for projects that have multiple repositories.

• Installation
  • Quick Install
  • Local Install
• Basic Usage
• Multiple Repositories
• Clean up

Installation

Review the install.sh and worktree-make.sh files before installing.

Quick Install

For easy installation. Run the following curl statement to add the worktree-make function to your shell configuration file. Append the statement with the name of the target configuration file.

For example, if using Bash on Linux:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joematthews/worktree-make/main/install.sh | bash -s -- ~/.bashrc

Or, if using Zsh on macOS:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joematthews/worktree-make/main/install.sh | bash -s -- ~/.zshrc

Then run source on the configuration file (~/.zshrc in this example):

source ~/.zshrc

Local Install

Clone the repository and run the install.sh script. Append the statement with your shell configuration file (~/.zshrc in this example):

git clone git@github.com:joematthews/worktree-make.git
./install.sh ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Basic Usage

To quickly create a worktree within a git repository, enter a branch name:

cd project-repository
worktree-make feat/555-products-backorder

This will create a new directory at ../worktrees/feat/555-products-backorder/project-repository and then change to that directory automatically with pushd. The feat/555-products-backorder branch will already by checked out.

To return to the original repository use popd.

Specify 'From Branch'

By default, worktree-make branches off of main. To branch off of a different branch, append the branch name to the end:

worktree-make feat/555-products-backorder master

Multiple Repositories

The generated directory structure is helpful because some projects have multiple repositories (ex: backend and frontend).

If the same exact branch name is chosen (ex: chore/666-refactor-users), then multiple repositories will reside within the directory for that branch. For example:

# terminal 1
cd project-frontend
worktree-make chore/666-refactor-users

# terminal 2
cd project-backend
worktree-make chore/666-refactor-users

...will generate the following directories:

../worktrees/chore/666-refactor-users/project-frontend

../worktrees/chore/666-refactor-users/project-backend

Clean up worktrees & branches

To clean up the worktrees simply delete the parent branch directory:

rm -r worktrees/chore/666-refactor-users

And then for each related repository, prune the worktrees:

# within project-frontend & project-backend
git worktree prune

And then finally, delete the branch in each repository:

# within project-frontend & project-backend
git branch -d chore/666-refactor-users