On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Stefan Beller wrote: > >> If I recall correctly, "worktree" is the feature/command, and >> "working tree" is an instance in the file system, even when you only >> have one working tree. > > I'm not sure I agree with this distinction. "worktree" is just a > short name for "working tree". > > Unfortunately gitglossary(7) doesn't make this clear at all --- it > uses the term worktree a few times (and appears to mean "working tree" > when it does --- e.g. > > Pathspecs are used on the command line of [...] and many other > commands to limit the scope of operations to some subset of > the tree or worktree. > > ) but never defines it. >
So maybe it's time to look for volunteers for a cleanup patch. ;) I tried finding the discussion on worktree vs "working tree" and did not succeed. :/ Maybe Duy has a better memory there. Thanks, Stefan
