using-git-worktrees SKILL.md skillA
using-git-worktrees from brandonfla/bearpaws is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add brandonfla/bearpaws/using-git-worktrees@git:20260929.1297711Pins git:20260929.1297711 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- brandonfla/bearpaws
- Path
skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260929.1297711, committed Sep 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 1, 2026
- Size
- 2,164 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from the current workspace, or before executing an implementation plan.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
<skill>
<purpose>
Create isolated git workspaces for feature work. Systematic directory selection + safety verification = reliable isolation.
</purpose>
<triggers>
<rule>Use before executing implementation plans (required by subagent-driven-development and executing-plans).</rule>
<rule>Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace.</rule>
</triggers>
<warning level="soft">
Announce at start: "I'm using the using-git-worktrees skill to set up an isolated workspace."
</warning>
<process>
<step>**Directory selection** — Priority: (1) existing `.worktrees/` or `worktrees/` dir, (2) CLAUDE.md preference, (3) ask user: `.worktrees/` (project-local, hidden) or `~/.config/bearpaws/worktrees/{project}/` (global).</step>
<step>**Safety verification** — For project-local dirs: `git check-ignore -q .worktrees`. If NOT ignored: add to .gitignore + commit immediately, then proceed. Global dirs need no verification.</step>
<step>**Create worktree** — `git worktree add "{path}/{branch}" -b "{branch}"` → `cd` into it.</step>
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add brandonfla/bearpaws/using-git-worktrees@sha256:268899a31d6eceb6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.1297711, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 1, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 50 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260929.1297711 latest | 2026-09-29 | 1297711 | 2,164 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.92c6b1d | 2026-05-01 | 92c6b1d | 5,623 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.de63568 | 2026-05-01 | de63568 | 2,245 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260501.402017b | 2026-05-01 | 402017b | 5,635 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2164 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
brandonfla/bearpaws · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_latak47suomzj7ao GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=brandonfla/bearpaws/using-git-worktrees GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/268899a31d6eceb6889e7575babc02de383b0d3e66592666a52f9e1ab521799e
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