Treehouse – isolate multple dev environments on different Git worktrees
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New tool for dev environment isolation using Git worktrees; highly actionable for platform engineers.
Summary
Treehouse is a CLI tool that assigns stable numeric IDs to Git worktrees, enabling per-worktree isolation of ports, database names, and other local configuration. Commands like `treehouse offset 3000` produce unique port numbers (3000, 3001, etc.) across worktrees, and `treehouse run` sets the `WORKTREE_NUMBER` environment variable for any command. The tool stores its state in `.treehouse` within the worktree's Git metadata directory, ensuring isolation without polluting the repository.
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