Git Worktree Manager

What it does

This skill allows an AI agent to manage Git worktrees, enabling parallel development on different branches or repositories within the same parent repository. It facilitates switching between worktrees, creating new ones, and deleting existing ones, all through natural language commands. This is particularly useful for complex projects requiring multiple active feature branches or experimentation with different configurations.

When to use it

• Feature Branch Isolation: Create a separate worktree for each feature branch to avoid conflicts when working on multiple features concurrently.
• Experimentation: Spin up a new worktree to test out experimental changes without affecting the main development environment.
• Multiple Repositories: Manage different repositories that share a common parent repository, allowing seamless switching between them.
• Clean Development Environments: Quickly create and discard temporary environments for specific tasks or debugging scenarios.

Key capabilities

• Creating new worktrees.
• Switching between existing worktrees.
• Deleting worktrees.
• Listing available worktrees.

Example prompts

• "Create a worktree named 'feature/new-login'"
• "Switch to the worktree called 'experimental-branch'"
• "List all my git worktrees."
• “Delete the worktree ‘old-experiment’."

Tips & gotchas

The agent needs access to a Git repository to use this skill. Ensure the environment has Git installed and is properly configured for authentication before attempting to manage worktrees.