Re: [PATCH] worktree: add: introduce the --name option

[Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@ack.tf>]

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:23:58PM +0200, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> 080739b (worktree.c: find_worktree() search by path suffix -
> 2016-06-13) from 'next' should help identify worktrees in this case by
> specifying 'project0/foo', 'project1/foo'... Granted it's not fun to
> type all that when 'project0/foo' is something long, and bash
> completion probably does not help much either.

So with this I'll be able to create new worktrees, using paths having
the same basename, but in different let's say "project directories"?

> Note that we may need a unique name elsewhere too, e.g.
> refs/worktrees/xyz (even though we haven't settled on this yet). Then
> xyz would be more exposed to the user and an easily recognizable name
> would be a good thing.

Having a recognisable name surely is a good thing, when performing some
(rare) manual operations. Like moving a worktree (or is there a command
for this?)

Thanks,

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Antoine

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