From: Maciej Ciemborowicz <maciej.ciemborowicz@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Maciej Ciemborowicz <maciej.ciemborowicz@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC] worktree: add lifecycle hooks
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:33:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920173333.1606-1-maciej.ciemborowicz@gmail.com> (raw)
Hello,
I'd like to discuss adding native hooks for worktree lifecycle events.
Git currently invokes `post-checkout` after `git worktree add` when a
checkout is performed. This makes it possible to detect some worktree
creation cases indirectly. There does not appear to be a native hook for
other worktree lifecycle operations such as:
git worktree add
git worktree remove
git worktree move
git worktree lock
git worktree unlock
git worktree prune
As a result, tools which want to react to these operations have to wrap
`git worktree` or compare the worktree state before and after a command.
They cannot observe an invocation which bypasses their wrapper.
One concrete use case is git-hooks-ext, which provides higher-level events
for Git operations. It currently has to implement worktree events by
wrapping `git worktree` and comparing the output of `git worktree list
--porcelain` before and after the command.
Would it make sense for Git to expose worktree lifecycle events directly?
One possibility would be separate post-operation hooks such as:
post-worktree-add
post-worktree-remove
post-worktree-move
post-worktree-lock
post-worktree-unlock
Another possibility would be a single hook, similar in spirit to
`reference-transaction`, which reports worktree lifecycle changes. An
illustrative payload could look like:
add <path>
remove <path>
move <old-path> <new-path>
lock <path>
unlock <path>
prune <path>
A single hook may be useful for operations such as `git worktree prune`,
where one command can remove multiple administrative entries. It could
also leave room for `git worktree repair`, although I am unsure whether
repair belongs to the same interface.
For the use case I have in mind, these hooks would only need to notify
observers after a successful operation. They would not need to veto the
operation.
Before attempting an implementation, I'd like to know whether this would
fit Git's hook model, and whether a single lifecycle hook or individual
operation hooks would be preferable. I would also appreciate guidance on
whether a stable worktree identifier should be exposed in addition to the
path.
Thanks,
Maciej Ciemborowicz
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2026-09-20 17:33 Maciej Ciemborowicz [this message]
2026-09-20 18:25 ` [RFC] worktree: add lifecycle hooks Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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2026-09-22 16:54 Michał Papis
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