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Michael Palumbo
Michael Palumbo

Reputation: 61

git worktree add [from specific commit hash]

so I have a commit hash from earlier in a project. How can I create a new worktree and have it's branch start from this specific commit?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3562

Answers (2)

torek
torek

Reputation: 488453

Use the command described in the git worktree documentation:

git worktree add [--detach] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<commit-ish>]

which in this case might be, e.g.:

$ cd gitrepo
$ git worktree add -b workbranch ../gitrepo.workbranch d16c37964
Preparing ../gitrepo.workbranch (identifier gitrepo.workbranch)
HEAD is now at d16c37964 Merge branch 'jk/attributes-path-doc'

after which:

$ cd ../gitrepo.workbranch
$ git status
On branch workbranch
nothing to commit, working tree clean
$ git rev-parse HEAD
d16c37964c284fa599251caafb51128c0df925a9

Upvotes: 7

phd
phd

Reputation: 94512

Create the branch before worktree:

git branch newbranch $SHA1
git worktree add /path/to/wt newbranch

Upvotes: 3

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