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Tue, 2 Jun 2026 19:52:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Kiesel, Norbert" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] worktree: record creation time and free-form note In-Reply-To: (Norbert Kiesel's message of "Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:40:44 -0700") References: Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:52:09 +0900 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Kiesel, Norbert" writes: > From 130cd5e4a25e6672b2a97268e1100b6ef03fa552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Norbert Kiesel > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:03:39 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] worktree: record creation time and free-form note > > Add per-worktree metadata so users can answer "what is this worktree > for, and when did I make it?" without resorting to external notes. Although I am not personally interested in this topic all that much, let me point out that we have $GIT_DIR/description file that may be useful for something like this. It has been the canonical place for the main repository to identify itself long before secondary worktrees were invented and $GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/$worktree/description would be a natural extension of the concept, I'd presume.