How does the main worktree track progress?

The main worktree's current branch is updated to point to the latest task's branch upon completion, acting as a dynamic cursor for the entire project's state.

Does this support parallel development tasks?

Yes. Parallel tasks are designed to inherit from the main worktree's current branch so that all concurrent work starts from the most recently completed milestone.

Why shouldn't I use the original base branch for new phases?

Using the original base ignores progress from previous phases. This results in broken dependency chains and forces manual merging of changes that should have been stacked.

What is cross-phase stacking in Claude Code?

Cross-phase stacking is a methodology where development phases automatically chain together by inheriting the current branch from the main worktree as their base, ensuring continuity.

How do I verify that my phase stack is correct?

You can verify the stack by navigating to the main worktree and using the 'gs log short' command to view the linear progression of all completed phases.

Cross-Phase Stacking Guide

Name: Cross-Phase Stacking Guide
Author: arittr

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Manages complex Git dependency chains by explaining how sequential and parallel development phases automatically inherit progress from previous work.

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The Understanding Cross-Phase Stacking skill provides a comprehensive reference for maintaining linear work history across multi-phase development cycles within the Spectacular framework. It details the principle of base branch inheritance, where the main worktree acts as a moving cursor that tracks the latest completed work. This ensures that both sequential and parallel phases build upon the most recent project state without manual intervention, preventing broken dependency chains and ensuring a clean, logical Git history for AI-driven development.

Características Principales

Detailed error prevention for worktree creation
Automatic base branch inheritance logic
Stack verification and logging procedures
Main worktree state management reference
6 GitHub stars
Sequential and parallel workflow visualization

Casos de Uso

Initializing parallel worktrees from the results of a database migration phase
Debugging broken git stacks across multiple development iterations
Ensuring integration tests run against the fully stacked feature set

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Características Principales

Detailed error prevention for worktree creation
Automatic base branch inheritance logic
Stack verification and logging procedures
Main worktree state management reference
6 GitHub stars
Sequential and parallel workflow visualization

Casos de Uso

Initializing parallel worktrees from the results of a database migration phase
Debugging broken git stacks across multiple development iterations
Ensuring integration tests run against the fully stacked feature set