# add --worktree flag to trail checkout

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With --worktree, trail checkout creates a worktree under
.entire/worktrees instead of switching the current checkout, and prints
a shell-safe cd hint.

## Sessions

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## Changes

3

- cmd/entire/cli

- Mtrail_checkout_cmd_test.go+13

- Mtrail_checkout_worktree.go+1/-1

- Mtrail_cmd.go+20/-3

```
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// checkoutTrailWorktree checks branch out into a managed worktree under
// <main-root>/.entire/worktrees instead of switching the current checkout.
// The final output line is a shell-safe `cd '<path>'` hint.
func checkoutTrailWorktree(ctx context.Context, w, errW io.Writer, branch string, force bool, trailNumber int) error {
	if err := ValidateBranchName(ctx, branch); err != nil {
		return err
	}
}
```

```
func newTrailCheckoutCmd() *cobra.Command {
	var trailSelector string
	var force bool
	var worktree bool

cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "checkout [<trail>]",
		Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),

// details about the command
	}

cmd.Flags().StringVar(&trailSelector, "trail", "", "Trail to check out (number, id, or branch; defaults to the current branch's trail)")
	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "Skip the prompt before fetching a remote-only branch")
	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&worktree, "worktree", false, "Check out the trail branch in a worktree under .entire/worktrees instead of switching this checkout")

return cmd
}
```