Git - Store branches in separate local directories

Question

I\'m rather new to git, and am trying to set up my repository the right way.

Basically my app is a platform of sorts, so implementations of this platform are based o

Answer 1

You can do this using git worktree that was introduced in Git 2.5, circa July 2015.

git clone -b master  master
cd master

# checking out implementation_1 in ../imp_1
git worktree add ../imp_1 implementation_1

# creating branch implementation_2 at master~2 as you check it out in ../imp2:
git worktree add -b implementation_2 ../imp_2 master~2

And voilà! You're done.

With this setup, you'll have only one .git folder (in master/.git). Note that any branch can be checked out in a single worktree at a time.