using-git-worktrees SKILL.md skillA
using-git-worktrees from jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet/using-git-worktrees@git:20261020.c79e361Pins git:20261020.c79e361 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet
- Path
skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261020.c79e361, committed Oct 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 2, 2026
- Size
- 16,128 bytes
- Repository stars
- 19
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - creates isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verification.
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
> **Related skills:** Set up **before** `/skill:brainstorming` — the spec is the worktree's first commit, not a separate one on `main`. Execute with `/skill:subagent-driven-development`. Clean up with `/skill:finishing-a-development-branch`. # Using Git Worktrees ## Overview Git worktrees create isolated workspaces sharing the same repository, allowing work on multiple branches simultaneously without switching. **Core principle:** Detect existing isolation first → prefer the project's native tool → default to `<repo>/.worktrees/<branch>`, creating it if missing. **Announce at start:** "I'm using the using-git-worktrees skill to set up an isolated workspace." ## Step 0 — Detect Existing Isolation (REQUIRED) Before doing anything else, check whether you are **already** inside an isolated worktree. Creating a worktree inside another worktree, or inside a submodule, produces silent corruption. ```bash read -r GIT_DIR GIT_COMMON <<<"$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-dir --git-common-dir | tr '\n' ' ')" ROOT=$(dirname "$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)") CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current) ``` …
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How to install
mdr add jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet/using-git-worktrees@sha256:7d6a8877559da6ffThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.c79e361, 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 7 versions of this file, between Jul 2, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 18 days.
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| git:20261020.c79e361 latest | 2026-10-20 | c79e361 | 16,128 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.836bbce | 2026-10-17 | 836bbce | 15,954 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.88370ec | 2026-09-23 | 88370ec | 11,843 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260917.5fd185d | 2026-09-17 | 5fd185d | 11,688 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260827.a970d9b | 2026-08-27 | a970d9b | 11,400 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.1338f94 | 2026-08-18 | 1338f94 | 9,195 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260702.57334df | 2026-07-02 | 57334df | 8,989 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 (16128 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
jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet · 19 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tzcwdrvpi4xbvoew GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jjuraszek/pi-gauntlet/using-git-worktrees GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7d6a8877559da6ff54db7280ca8082831461048807880d370c1de60ecab9ebdf
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