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3> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to the page URL.3> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to the page URL.

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5In the ChatGPT desktop app, worktrees let Codex run multiple independent chats in the same project without interfering with each other. For Git repositories, [scheduled tasks](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/automations) can run on dedicated background worktrees so they don't conflict with your ongoing work. In non-version-controlled projects, scheduled tasks run directly in the project directory. You can also start chats in a worktree manually and use Handoff to move a chat between Local and Worktree.5Worktrees let Codex run multiple independent chats in the same project without interfering with each other. The repository, worktree, and commands remain on the computer or remote development environment that contains the project. You can work directly in the ChatGPT desktop app, or use [Remote](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/remote) in the ChatGPT mobile app to start, guide, approve, and review worktree chats on a connected computer.

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7Worktrees are available only in Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app. Select7For Git repositories, [scheduled tasks](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/automations) can run on dedicated background worktrees so they don't conflict with your ongoing work. In non-version-controlled projects, scheduled tasks run directly in the project directory. You can also start chats in a worktree manually and use Handoff to move a chat between Local and Worktree.

8 **Codex** before you start a chat in a worktree.8 

9Worktrees don't run locally on your phone. With Remote, the mobile app

10 controls Codex on your connected computer, where the repository and worktree

11 remain, or in the remote development environment that computer uses. The

12 desktop-specific instructions below apply on the connected computer.

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10## What's a worktree14## What's a worktree

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17932Source: [Worktrees](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/environments/git-worktrees.md)17932Source: [Worktrees](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/environments/git-worktrees.md)

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17934In the ChatGPT desktop app, worktrees let Codex run multiple independent chats in the same project without interfering with each other. For Git repositories, [scheduled tasks](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/automations) can run on dedicated background worktrees so they don't conflict with your ongoing work. In non-version-controlled projects, scheduled tasks run directly in the project directory. You can also start chats in a worktree manually and use Handoff to move a chat between Local and Worktree.17934Worktrees let Codex run multiple independent chats in the same project without interfering with each other. The repository, worktree, and commands remain on the computer or remote development environment that contains the project. You can work directly in the ChatGPT desktop app, or use [Remote](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/remote) in the ChatGPT mobile app to start, guide, approve, and review worktree chats on a connected computer.

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17936Worktrees are available only in Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app. Select17936For Git repositories, [scheduled tasks](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/automations) can run on dedicated background worktrees so they don't conflict with your ongoing work. In non-version-controlled projects, scheduled tasks run directly in the project directory. You can also start chats in a worktree manually and use Handoff to move a chat between Local and Worktree.

17937**Codex** before you start a chat in a worktree.17937 

17938Worktrees don't run locally on your phone. With Remote, the mobile app

17939controls Codex on your connected computer, where the repository and worktree

17940remain, or in the remote development environment that computer uses. The

17941desktop-specific instructions below apply on the connected computer.

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17939#### What's a worktree17943#### What's a worktree

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