using-git-worktrees

using-git-worktrees is a skill for Claude Code from gylove1994/superpowers-deepseek-v4. It costs 36 tokens per session (2,088 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of using-git-worktrees, MIT.

A guide for creating an isolated Git worktree for feature development. A worktree is a separate working folder connected to the same Git repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
Preparing an isolated workspace before development or before carrying out an implementation plan, using native tools or Git as a fallback.
Why use it?
It keeps feature changes separate from the current workspace and reduces the risk of mixing unrelated edits.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the superpowers-deepseek-v4 plugin — 19 skills, 1 hook shipped together

Good fit Preparing an isolated workspace before development or before carrying out an implementation plan, using native tools or Git as a fallback.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/gylove1994/superpowers-deepseek-v4/using-git-worktrees
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add gylove1994/superpowers-deepseek-v4 --skill using-git-worktrees
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gylove1994/superpowers-deepseek-v4

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install superpowers-deepseek-v4, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 19 skills, 1 hook.

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Per session 36 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,088 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 80% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00036 $0.02088
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.01044
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00418
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00209

Measured 7d ago against content hash 934adf1ecd75, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

using-git-worktrees scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

80% identical to using-git-worktrees — 41 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md · 224 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 224 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

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.

Integration: When invoked from confirming-worktree-before-edit, do not re-ask for consent — the session record worktree consent: asked, choice: yes|no is authoritative. The gate also covers spec/plan/brainstorm/plan-progress document writes (brainstorming and writing-plans Step 0.5).

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.

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:

# 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

If GIT_DIR != GIT_COMMON (and not a submodule): You are already in a linked worktree. Skip to Step 3 (Project Setup). Do NOT create another worktree.

Report with branch state:

  • On a branch: "Already in isolated workspace at <path> on branch <name>."
  • Detached HEAD: "Already in isolated workspace at <path> (detached HEAD, externally managed). Branch creation needed at finish time."

If GIT_DIR == GIT_COMMON (or in a submodule): You are in a normal repo checkout.

Consent check (do not duplicate asks):

  1. If this session already has worktree consent: asked, choice: yes (from confirming-worktree-before-edit): proceed to Step 1 — do not ask again.
  2. If this session has worktree consent: asked, choice: no: work in place and skip to Step 3 — do not ask again.
  3. If the user already indicated worktree preference in instructions: honor it without asking.
  4. Legacy fallback only — if none of the above apply and you were invoked directly (not via confirming-worktree-before-edit), ask:

Read the full file on GitHub · 224 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 224 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 934adf1ecd75

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using-git-worktrees is a skill published in the GitHub repository gylove1994/superpowers-deepseek-v4 (10 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 2,088 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 80% identical to using-git-worktrees, differing in 41 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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