Git worktrees with GitKraken: manage a hotfix without losing your context
You're in the middle of a feature and the message arrives: "We need to fix this as soon as possible". You have modified files, half-baked ideas and a branch that's not ready yet. You need to attend to the emergency without disrupting what you were doing. This is where Git worktrees comes in handy: you can open another branch of the same repository in a different folder and work on both without switching...
A guide on using Git worktrees has been published for Spanish-speaking developers. The article explains how to use Git worktrees to manage multiple branches of a repository in different directories, allowing developers to work on multiple tasks simultaneously without disrupting their workflow. The guide provides a step-by-step tutorial on creating a worktree, making changes, and merging branches, using both the terminal and GitKraken Desktop.
The tutorial covers creating a new worktree for a hotfix, making changes, and then returning to the original branch without affecting the work in progress.
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