{"slug": "you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015", "title": "You kidding me! Worktrees were part of Git since 2015.", "summary": "Git worktrees, a feature that has existed since 2015, have recently gained prominence due to the rise of agentic coding, according to a developer's reflection. The feature, which allows multiple working trees to be checked out simultaneously, was built years before the AI era and is now recognized as essential for AI-driven development workflows.", "body_md": "# You kidding me! Worktrees were part of Git since 2015.\n\nI assumed Git worktrees were introduced for the AI era. Turns out they have existed since 2015 and waited nearly a decade for agentic coding to give them the limelight they deserve.\n\nI thought of writing an article about how revolutionary Git worktrees are now that agentic coding has become the norm.\n\nWorktrees fit so naturally into agentic coding that I assumed the feature was introduced in the AI era, for the AI era.\n\nTurns out, I was so wrong.\n\nWorktrees have been part of Git since 2015.\n\nCan you imagine that?\n\nThe feature existed for nearly ten years before agentic coding brought it into the limelight.\n\nImagine building something that does not get the attention it deserves for almost a decade. If you were working in a corporation, someone might question the adoption numbers, move the feature into maintenance mode, or perhaps even fire you 😄.\n\nBut the developer behind worktrees should be proud.\n\nThey built a feature that was far ahead of its time. It simply had to wait for the rest of software development to catch up.\n\nDamn, worktrees finally got the limelight they deserve!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015", "canonical_source": "https://www.narendravardi.com/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015/", "published_at": "2026-07-31 10:30:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 10:51:50.288562+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Git"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/you-kidding-me-worktrees-were-part-of-git-since-2015.jsonld"}}