[PATCH v2 1/4] worktree: add post-worktree-add hook

Domen Kožar <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:14:01 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tools that manage per-worktree state, such as development environment
managers or IDEs, have no way to react when a new working tree is
created. The only hook that fires during "git worktree add" is
post-checkout, which is skipped when --no-checkout or --orphan is used
and cannot be distinguished from a plain checkout.

Introduce a post-worktree-add hook that runs after the working tree
has been fully set up, including with --no-checkout and --orphan. The
hook runs inside the new working tree with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE
cleared, mirroring the existing post-checkout invocation, and takes no
arguments. Details such as the absolute path, worktree identifier, and
checked-out branch can be queried by running git from the hook's working
directory. Taking no arguments also lets a configured command shared
with post-worktree-remove distinguish the events by argument count.

Like post-checkout, the hook cannot affect the outcome of the command:
a failing hook does not delete the already-created working tree, but
its exit status becomes the exit status of "git worktree add". The
hook runs after post-checkout, even when post-checkout fails, because
the worktree has still been populated and remains present.

Documenting the new hook in githooks(5) also registers its name in the
generated hook-list.h, so "git hook run" and hook.*.event recognize it
without further changes.

Signed-off-by: Domen Ko=C5=BEar <[email protected]>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/config/hook.adoc |   1 +
 Documentation/githooks.adoc    |  18 ++++++
 builtin/worktree.c             |  46 +++++++++-----
 t/t2400-worktree-add.sh        | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/hook.adoc b/Documentation/config/hook.ado=
c
index 083dc60a13..81afb4a919 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/hook.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/hook.adoc
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ hook.jobs::
 	Receive a commit message file and may rewrite it in place.
 `pre-commit`;;
 `post-checkout`;;
+`post-worktree-add`;;
 `push-to-checkout`;;
 `post-commit`;;
 	Access the working tree, index, or repository state.
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.adoc b/Documentation/githooks.adoc
index ed045940d1..5a2955ee2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.adoc
@@ -215,6 +215,24 @@ This hook can be used to perform repository validity c=
hecks, auto-display
 differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metada=
ta
 properties.
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+post-worktree-add
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-worktree[1] after `git worktree add`
+has created and set up a new working tree. It takes no parameters.
+
+The hook's current working directory is the new working tree, so further
+details, such as its absolute path, identifier, and checked-out branch,
+can be queried by running `git`. Unlike the `post-checkout` hook, it is
+also run when `--no-checkout` or `--orphan` is used.
+
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git worktree add`, other than
+that the hook's exit status becomes the exit status of the command. It
+runs after the `post-checkout` hook, even if that hook fails.
+
+This hook can be used to set up per-worktree development environments
+or to register the new working tree with external tools.
+
 post-merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~
=20
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index d21c43fde3..cc3299bca9 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ static void delete_worktrees_dir_if_empty(void)
 	free(path);
 }
=20
+static int run_post_worktree_add_hook(const char *path)
+{
+	struct run_hooks_opt hook_opt =3D RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT_FORCE_SERIAL;
+
+	strvec_pushl(&hook_opt.env, "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", NULL);
+	hook_opt.dir =3D path;
+	return run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-worktree-add", &hook_opt);
+}
+
 static void prune_worktree(const char *id, const char *reason)
 {
 	if (show_only || verbose)
@@ -605,21 +614,30 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char =
*refname,
 	}
=20
 	/*
-	 * Hook failure does not warrant worktree deletion, so run hook after
-	 * is_junk is cleared, but do return appropriate code when hook fails.
+	 * Hook failures do not warrant worktree deletion, so run hooks after
+	 * is_junk is cleared, but do return appropriate code when a hook
+	 * fails.
 	 */
-	if (!ret && opts->checkout && !opts->orphan) {
-		struct run_hooks_opt opt =3D RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT_FORCE_SERIAL;
-
-		strvec_pushl(&opt.env, "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", NULL);
-		strvec_pushl(&opt.args,
-			     oid_to_hex(null_oid(the_hash_algo)),
-			     oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid),
-			     "1",
-			     NULL);
-		opt.dir =3D path;
-
-		ret =3D run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-checkout", &opt);
+	if (!ret) {
+		int hook_ret;
+
+		if (opts->checkout && !opts->orphan) {
+			struct run_hooks_opt opt =3D RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT_FORCE_SERIAL;
+
+			strvec_pushl(&opt.env, "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", NULL);
+			strvec_pushl(&opt.args,
+				     oid_to_hex(null_oid(the_hash_algo)),
+				     oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid),
+				     "1",
+				     NULL);
+			opt.dir =3D path;
+
+			ret =3D run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-checkout", &opt);
+		}
+
+		hook_ret =3D run_post_worktree_add_hook(wt->path);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret =3D hook_ret;
 	}
=20
 	strvec_clear(&child_env);
diff --git a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
index 58b4445cc4..bcdd555ce9 100755
--- a/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2400-worktree-add.sh
@@ -1132,6 +1132,117 @@ test_expect_success '"add" in bare repo invokes pos=
t-checkout hook' '
 	test_cmp hook.expect goozy/hook.actual
 '
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+# Install a post-worktree-add hook and write the output expected for
+# adding worktree $1; the hook is installed in repo $2 (default ".git").
+post_worktree_add_hook () {
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook -C "$2" post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	test "$#" =3D 0 &&
+	git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel >hook.actual
+	EOF
+	{
+		echo $(pwd)/${2:-.git}/worktrees/$1 &&
+		echo $(pwd)/$1
+	} >hook.expect
+}
+
+test_expect_success '"add" invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wanda &&
+	git worktree add wanda &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wanda/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" in other worktree invokes post-worktree-add hoo=
k' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wilbur &&
+	git -C wanda worktree add ../wilbur &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wilbur/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add --no-checkout" still invokes post-worktree-add h=
ook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook wendy &&
+	git worktree add --no-checkout wendy &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect wendy/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add --orphan" invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	post_worktree_add_hook winnie &&
+	git worktree add --orphan winnie &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect winnie/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" in bare repo invokes post-worktree-add hook' '
+	rm -rf bare2 &&
+	git clone --bare . bare2 &&
+	post_worktree_add_hook willow bare2 &&
+	git -C bare2 worktree add --detach ../willow &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect willow/hook.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add" runs post-worktree-add after post-checkout' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-checkout <<-\EOF &&
+	echo post-checkout >>hooks.actual
+	EOF
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	echo post-worktree-add >>hooks.actual
+	EOF
+	test_write_lines post-checkout post-worktree-add >hooks.expect &&
+	git worktree add wobble &&
+	test_cmp hooks.expect wobble/hooks.actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failing post-checkout hook does not suppress post-wor=
ktree-add hook' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-checkout <<-\EOF &&
+	exit 1
+	EOF
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	>post-worktree-add.ran
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git worktree add wozzle &&
+	test_path_is_file wozzle/post-worktree-add.ran
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failing post-worktree-add hook leaves worktree in pla=
ce' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	exit 1
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git worktree add wilma &&
+	git worktree list --porcelain >out &&
+	grep -F "worktree $(pwd)/wilma" out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'failed "add" does not invoke post-worktree-add hook' =
'
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf .git/hooks occupied" &&
+	mkdir .git/hooks &&
+	test_hook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	>hook.ran
+	EOF
+	mkdir occupied &&
+	: >occupied/blocker &&
+	test_must_fail git worktree add occupied &&
+	test_path_is_missing occupied/hook.ran &&
+	test_path_is_missing hook.ran
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'post-worktree-add hook can derive path with relative =
worktrees' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf relhook" &&
+	git init relhook &&
+	test_commit -C relhook base &&
+	test_hook -C relhook post-worktree-add <<-\EOF &&
+	test "$#" =3D 0 &&
+	git rev-parse --show-toplevel >hook.actual
+	EOF
+	git -C relhook worktree add --relative-paths --detach wt &&
+	echo $(pwd)/relhook/wt >hook.expect &&
+	test_cmp hook.expect relhook/wt/hook.actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success '"add" an existing but missing worktree' '
 	git worktree add --detach pneu &&
 	test_must_fail git worktree add --detach pneu &&
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