Scott Watermasysk presents

Stooges

Git Workspaces, the Smart Way

Multiple independent copies of your repository—with near-zero disk overhead. No stashing. No conflicts. No nonsense.

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Starring

Larry

Workspace One

Curly

Workspace Two

Moe

Workspace Three

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The Picture

You run an AI coding agent in one workspace. A long test suite in another. A hotfix in a third. Each one a fully independent clone of your repository—its own .git, its own index, its own branch.

And thanks to copy-on-write magic, they share disk blocks with the original. Extra space? Only as files diverge. It's practically free.

Method	Disk Cost	Independent?	Tooling
Plain Copies	Full duplicate	Yes	None
Git Worktrees	Shared .git	No — shared index & locks	Built-in
Stooges	Copy-on-write	Yes	Full CLI

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Feature Presentation

Copy-on-Write

Workspaces share disk blocks with the original. Extra space used only as files diverge. Near-zero overhead.

Fully Independent

Each workspace has its own .git directory. No shared lock files. No index conflicts. True isolation.

Sync & Rebase

Keep all workspaces current with one command. Automatic conflict-free rebasing across every branch.

Built for Agents

Run multiple AI coding agents in parallel, each in its own isolated workspace. No stepping on toes.

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A Typical Scene

Initialize Once

$ stooges init

Sets up the base repo & creates Larry, Curly, and Moe.

Add a Workspace

$ stooges add feature-x -b

Creates a new workspace with its own branch. Instant.

Work Independently

$ cd feature-x && git commit -am "ship it"

Each workspace is a full, independent repository.

Keep Everything Current

$ stooges rebase

Syncs base, rebases all workspace branches. Done.

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The Full Repertoire

stooges init Set up base repo & default workspaces

stooges add Create new workspaces with optional branches

stooges sync Fetch & fast-forward the base repo

stooges rebase Sync base, then rebase all workspace branches

stooges clean Sync & prune stale remote-tracking refs

stooges list Show all workspaces with branch & status

stooges doctor Check platform support & workspace health

stooges lock/unlock Toggle read-only protection on base repo

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Get the Picture

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottwater/stooges/main/install.sh | bash

or, with Go—

$ go install github.com/scottwater/stooges/cmd/stooges@latest

View on GitHub

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