diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index a4fbf5e8386d7d..93d76f5d665a57 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ rules and how to access refs of one worktree from another. In general, all pseudo refs are per-worktree and all refs starting with `refs/` are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like `HEAD` which are directly under `$GIT_DIR` instead of inside `$GIT_DIR/refs`. There are exceptions, -however: refs inside `refs/bisect` and `refs/worktree` are not shared. +however: refs inside `refs/bisect`, `refs/worktree` and `refs/rewritten` are +not shared. Refs that are per-worktree can still be accessed from another worktree via two special paths, `main-worktree` and `worktrees`. The former gives @@ -363,8 +364,8 @@ linked worktree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns `/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, -since refs are shared across all worktrees, except `refs/bisect` and -`refs/worktree`. +since refs are shared across all worktrees, except `refs/bisect`, +`refs/worktree` and `refs/rewritten`. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to