using-git-worktrees SKILL.md skillA

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using-git-worktrees from osrim/niksi is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add osrim/niksi/using-git-worktrees@git:20260927.e6d3d84

Pins git:20260927.e6d3d84 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

osrim/niksi

Path

cli/testdata/benign-skills/superpowers/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260927.e6d3d84, committed Sep 27, 2026

Size

6,813 bytes

Repository stars

9

License

MIT

Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback.

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

# Using Git Worktrees

## Overview

Ensure work happens in an isolated workspace. Prefer your platform's native worktree tools. Fall back to manual git worktrees only when no native tool is available.

**Core principle:** Detect existing isolation first. Then use native tools. Then fall back to git. Never fight the harness.

**Announce at start:** "I'm using the using-git-worktrees skill to set up an isolated workspace."

## Step 0: Detect Existing Isolation

**Before creating anything, check if you are already in an isolated workspace.**

```bash
GIT_DIR=$(cd "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
GIT_COMMON=$(cd "$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
```

**Submodule guard:** `GIT_DIR != GIT_COMMON` is also true inside git submodules. Before concluding "already in a worktree," verify you are not in a submodule:

```bash
# If this returns a path, you're in a submodule, not a worktree — treat as normal repo
git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree 2>/dev/null
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add osrim/niksi/using-git-worktrees@sha256:8cfb86f121269e8f

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_mznhczjom3rrb3dr.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mznhczjom3rrb3dr)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 27, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mznhczjom3rrb3dr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=osrim/niksi/using-git-worktrees
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8cfb86f121269e8f7f12361e6795c4f6738828340e28964c9229d365666c9edd

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