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i see a lot of people doing this, and especially if theyre shallow clones, its really not a big deal

and anyway git-worktree is basically this workflow wrapped in nicer UX

Worktrees are super useful to avoid interrupting your work in progress when you need to load another branch to help someone debug something.

Ha. I typically stash and checkout the other branch or commit a wip that I’ll undo when I’m back and checkout the other branch.