Move current branch to a different worktree

Question

I want to move my current git branch to different git worktree b/c I want to modify the read/write file permissions without effecting the file permissions of the other branches in the current worktree.

How can I move/copy my current branch to a different worktree and how can I get back to the original worktree?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 02 '22 at 09:19

I "move" a branch to my alternate worktree like this

Checkout any other branch in my current tree. (the branch you want to move can not be checked out)
Open a git window in my alternate worktree and checkout the branch I want to "move"

That is all. I have two git windows open side by side. (my main worktree and my alternate) Its real easy to see what I'm doing.

VonC posted a great resource Multiple working tree directories

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '18 at 11:23

Try with this

copy current working directory
checkout destination branch
paste
commit

or with ...

git checkout branch that you want to move
git rebase destination branch

in case of conflict, if you want to manage them :

git checkout branch that you want to move
git rebase -i destination branch

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 25 '18 at 05:38

You don't need to and cannot "copy" branch because branches are shared between worktrees, it is there already. Probably what you meant is to checkout current branch on a different worktree. That is possible by 2 ways:

temporary checkout current woktree to a different branch: git checkout -b tmp (I'm not sure how it behaves when you have uncommitted changes), then checkout that branch in another worktree, or
use another temporary branch based on the current. It would originally be the same commit which should be enough in most cases.

Move current branch to a different worktree

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