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@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ Run a specific test from a specific test file: GST_CHECKS=test_subbuffer meson test -C build/ --suite gstreamer gst_gstbuffer ``` +## Checkout another branch using worktrees + +If you need to have several versions of GStreamer coexisting (eg. `master` and `1.14`), +you can use the `checkout-branch-worktree` script provided by `gst-build`. It allows you +to create a new `gst-build` environment with new checkout of all the GStreamer modules as +[git worktrees](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree). + +For example to get a fresh checkout of `gst-1.14` from a `gst-build` in master already +built in a `build` directory you can simply run: + +``` +./checkout-branch-worktree ../gst-1.14 1.14 -C build/ +``` + ## Add information about GStreamer development environment in your prompt line ### Bash prompt |