Git worktrees stop your coding agents overwriting each other’s files. They do not stop their plans contradicting each other. Sometimes Git flags it at merge. Sometimes it merges clean and nothing reports it.
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Worktrees do not remove the collision. They move it to merge time. Nick Woodhead Nick Woodhead Nick Woodhead Follow Oct 29 Worktrees do not remove the collision. They move it to merge time. # ai # git # devtools # productivity 1 reaction 2 comments 8 min read
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Git worktrees stop your coding agents overwriting each other’s files. They do not stop their plans contradicting each other. Sometimes Git flags it at merge. Sometimes it merges clean and nothing reports it.
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