Re: [bug] git worktree add deletes my entire directory

[Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>]

Paul DE TEMMERMAN <p2trman@gmail.com> wrote:

> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> git init
> touch a.txt
> git add .
> git commit -m "Initial commit"
> git worktree add "" HEAD
> 
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> fail and not delete my workspace
> 
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> failed and deleted my workspace (including the .git directory)
> 
> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
> Git deleted my entire workspace and the .git directory.
> 
> Anything else you want to add:
> No
> 

Thanks.  The issue is being worked on, and the fix is already queued to be
merged to 'master'.

Links:
  <https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/6346>
  <https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260825180350.2099-1-l.s.r@web.de/T/>

> Please review the rest of the bug report below.
> You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.
> 
> 
> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.55.0.windows.5
> cpu: x86_64
> built from commit: 32c4f7689275d233577576630e1ac5b7eb354eb0
> sizeof-long: 4
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
> rust: disabled
> feature: fsmonitor--daemon
> gettext: enabled
> libcurl: 8.21.0
> OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.7 9 Jun 2026
> zlib: 1.3.2
> SHA-1: SHA1_DC
> SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
> default-ref-format: files
> default-hash: sha1
> uname: Windows 10.0 26200
> compiler info: gnuc: 16.2
> libc info: no libc information available
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe
> 
> 
> [Enabled Hooks]
> not run from a git repository - no hooks to show