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A Better Way to Run Git Worktrees Finally!

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I recently found git-gtr, a small CLI by the CodeRabbit team that wraps native Git worktrees and makes them practical for daily use.

Install it, create an alias for it alias gw="git gtr" (Easier to remember, but up to you!).

Navigate to your repository

  • gw new <branchName> will create a new worktree. The first time it will create a new folder in the parent directory -worktrees, inside it a folder for your newly created worktree.
  • gw editor <branchName> will open the configured code editor.
  • gw ai <branchName> will start your cli (claude, codex, opencode)
  • gw run <branchName> <command> will run commands on that worktree
  • gw rm <branchName> to remove it once you are done.

Full demo in my new vid. Would you use this? or do you prefer the original git command?

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That separate worktrees folder is a clever way to keep the main directory clean, honestly didn't think of doing it that way. In what ways does this handle node_modules or heavy dependency folders across the different trees?

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@[Kevin Ryker] and that is configurable too. If you use Cursor you can also see they put the worktrees in a separate folder ~/.cursor/worktrees/
About handling node_modules or heavy dependencies, you may need a lot of extra space since it just copies them over the new folder

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