如何将磁头位置更改为另一个文件夹？

Question

My master branch is currently syncing with a local folder W:\\folder2 .

I'd like my master branch to sync with local folder W:\\folder1 instead.

How can I do this?

I was playing around, while learning, in GitShell with git worktree add <second path> and git checkout master and git checkout -b <new branch> commands.

Before, my master branch was synced with local folder W:\\folder1 .
Now it's synced with local folder W:\\folder2 .

I think I accidentally switched something.

How do I switch it back?

Answer 1

git worktree

Git worktree was introduced in 2007 under the contrib folder in git repo and was called new-workdir .

In git V2.5 it was named worktree and it allow you to have multiple instances of the same repository across different folders.

for example:

git worktree add <second path>

will create another folder on your computer which allow you to work on different branch simultaneously.

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If you want to remove the worktree use the prune subcommand

prune
Prune working tree information in $GIT_DIR/worktrees.

Another option to remove it is to delete the .git/worktrees folder