finalyy the claude blocking edits on wrktree might be solved
Rift: Better Alternative to Git Worktrees
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Re: Rift: Better Alternative to Git Worktrees
#32git worktree (or any COW snapshot like this) still leaves you reinstalling node_modules per tree and fighting over a dev server port. That's the actual cost, and none of these tools touch it. So I gave up on parallelizing inside one repo. I run agents across different projects — one repo each — and stay serial within a single project.
CoW doesn't require reinstall of dependencies as they're part of the same directory tree, so should be immediately accessible (I've been using this way for a couple months now and it works fine)
The application running (port config) problem is an issue for frameworks and build tools to figure out around the shift towards multiple live working copies at once
The tools that facilitate this will win imo
I use Laravel Herd along with Polyscope (made by the same company). Together they enable CoW clones with their own dev domains - it's zero setup and works super well for my use-case
I can see a simpler version of the same thing being very neat dev experience across many stacks