# Apple Browsers: Git worktrees

This instruction describes how to keep one shared Git database at e.g. `~/DuckDuckGo/apple-browsers.git/.git` and put independent checkouts beside it inside `apple-browsers.git/`.

The container directory has no checked-out source of its own.

Related: [Quickly add/remove/switch between worktrees](https://app.asana.com/1/137249556945/message/1210697449367306)

## First-time setup

```sh
mkdir -p ~/DuckDuckGo/apple-browsers.git
git clone --bare https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers.git ~/DuckDuckGo/apple-browsers.git/.git
cd ~/DuckDuckGo/apple-browsers.git
git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
git fetch origin
git worktree add main main
```

## Work on a branch

```sh
git fetch origin
git worktree add local-folder-name author/branch-name
cd local-folder-name
git submodule update --init --recursive
open DuckDuckGo.xcworkspace
```

- Edit, build, commit, and push **inside** `**local-folder-name/**` as with any clone.
- Each worktree has its own working files and branch; they share the same Git history.
- for a remote branch, use `git worktree add --track -b <branch> <folder> origin/<branch>` if you have not created it locally.
- 🔍 Use `git worktree list | grep branch-name-part` to find checkouts.
## New branch creation

From `~/DuckDuckGo/apple-browsers.git`:

```sh
git fetch origin
git worktree add -b yourname/my-feature my-feature origin/main
cd my-feature
git submodule update --init --recursive
open DuckDuckGo.xcworkspace
```

## Removing worktree
- After you finish working on your feature, run `git worktree remove <folder>` from the container directory.
- If you need to remove a worktree with changes you don‘t need anymore, run `git worktree remove -f <folder>`