Why Your Setup Script Must Support Git Worktrees for Parallel Development
Setup Script Should Support Git Worktrees
I argue that modern setup scripts must support Git worktrees to enable safe parallel development, especially with coding agents. Instead of running separate Docker stacks for every branch, I advocate sharing infrastructure while isolating ports, databases, and state. This approach ensures that multiple worktrees can run simultaneously without conflicts, turning a simple checkout into a fully functional environment with one command.
Running a complete Docker stack for every worktree is the simplest mental model and often the wrong default.
- dewey
To the blog post author commenting here: Your comment got flagged / dead, probably because it reads as AI generated so it won't be visible to anyone.
- tracker1
I've been doing similar for many scripts within project workflows... I've started calling the directory in question ./run/ by convention, so I type run/scriptname to run stuff... I've got bash (extnsionless) and powershell (ps1) scripts in place on my work project).
I'll also lean into docker+compose usage for any background services, and even development in order to reduce the running footprint switching projects.
- hmokiguess
How amazing that git launched this way ahead of it becoming the ubiquitous choice for AI native development workflows