bytree

git worktree + your excluded files.

Why?

AI agents work best with personalized settings (.claude/, .codex/, IDE configs). When running multiple agents in isolated worktrees, git worktree doesn't copy these excluded files. bytree does.

Install

Method	Command
Go	go install github.com/bytaesu/bytree/cmd/bytree@latest
npm	npm install -g bytree
Homebrew	brew install bytaesu/tap/bytree
Binary	GitHub Releases

Usage

First, define local settings you want copied across worktrees in .git/info/exclude:

/.claude/
/.codex/
/.github/prompts/

bytree reads these patterns to decide what to copy.

• bytree add <name>

  Create a worktree with excluded files copied automatically.

  bytree add feature-x
  bytree add issue-123 --base develop

  Worktrees are created at ../<repo>-bytree/<name> on branch bytree/<name>.

• bytree sync

  Re-sync excluded files into the current worktree.

  cd path/to/worktree
  bytree sync

• bytree list

  List all bytree-managed worktrees.

• bytree remove <name>

  Remove a worktree and its branch.

• bytree excluded

  Show patterns in .git/info/exclude.

How it works

Reads .git/info/exclude (not .gitignore), finds matching files, copies them. That's it.

License

MIT