[jfb]

I think it shouldn't be, and the poor affordances in git have hidden this for a long time.

[steveklabnik]

What kinds of things do you use it for? I'm always open to learning about newer and better ways to work.

[jfb]

I keep my agent workflows distinct; we have (for historic reasons) a lot of non-git controlled context that differs between branches, and moving all that around on checkouts is untenable. I use this tool:

https://github.com/tdhopper/wt

with some custom shell aliases to make it easier.