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Remote git worktree is detached

I'm attempting to add a worktree to a remote branch, if the branch isn't stored locally.

I can successfully do this and get all the files using the following command:

git worktree add issue origin/issue

Which produces the following output:

Preparing issue (identifier issue)
HEAD is now at d4bb4b9 Action edit performed on issue: ISSUE-1

This makes it seem as if the worktree was successful. If I look at the files, everything is there.

However, the git status command looks like this 

git status
Not currently on any branch.
nothing to commit, working tree clean

and I can't push/pull anything. Git version is 2.14.1 btw on windows (if it makes a difference)

Does anyone know how to fix this? If the branch is local and you remove the origin/, it works perfectly fine. It's just dealing with the remote that it seems to not agree with.

Solution

  • The full syntax is:

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

    So try:

    git worktree add --checkout -b issue ../a/path origin/issue

    The OP Liam Kelly adds in the comments:

    However you don't actually need the --checkout for the command, using -b is all you need.
    I didn't even think about -b being able to create the branch locally from a remote.