[ok123456]

I use local remotes all the time for testing as a form of "local CI".

Check it out from '/tmp' and make sure it still builds.

For a single-dev or small team, it beats having to do github runner epicycles to accomplish the same basic goal. Add in Firejail if you want environment isolation.

[mook]

Would git worktrees be useful in that use case? It just adds a new checkout in a different directory without duplicating the git data (blob storage).

[gcarvalho]

I do the same sometimes, but a one-off clone is not quite the same as maintaining a "local remote" and pushing refs to it.

[ok123456]

If it fails, you fix the clone and push it back.