using-git-worktrees

using-git-worktrees is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from stefaniuk/loadout. It costs 36 tokens per session (1,719 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of using-git-worktrees, MIT.

A workflow for putting feature work in a separate Git worktree, which is an additional working directory linked to the same repository. It keeps changes isolated from the current workspace.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting feature work or following an implementation plan that needs an isolated workspace.
Why use it?
It prevents unfinished implementation work from interfering with other changes or the main working directory.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when starting feature work or following an implementation plan that needs an isolated workspace.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/stefaniuk/loadout/using-git-worktrees
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add stefaniuk/loadout --skill using-git-worktrees
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stefaniuk/loadout

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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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 1,719 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 95% 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 $0.01719
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00860
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00344
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00172

Measured 5d ago against content hash b83d49567c60, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, 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 5d 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

95% identical to using-git-worktrees — 10 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.

.github/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md · 178 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 178 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Workflow Mode Guard

Use this skill only when the active local workflow mode is superpowers.

Before proceeding:

  • Run ./scripts/hooks/workflow-mode.sh status.
  • If the active mode is speckit, stop and tell the user to switch with make workflow-use mode=superpowers or continue with the Spec Kit lifecycle instead.
  • Do not mix Superpowers workflow skills with speckit-* commands in the same session or worktree.

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.

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 2 (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.

Has the user already indicated their worktree preference in your instructions? If not, ask for consent before creating a worktree:

Read the full file on GitHub · 178 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. 5d ago First seen · 178 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A b83d49567c60

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using-git-worktrees is a skill published in the GitHub repository stefaniuk/loadout (1 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 1,719 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 95% identical to using-git-worktrees, differing in 10 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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