Using Serena with Git worktrees — duplicate project names

[fhofherr]

Hi, I just discovered Serena and started testing it with a monorepo at work. I use Git worktrees extensively, creating one for each major feature.

I’m considering committing .serena/project.yml to Git. Since my coworkers don’t need my worktree-specific names, I’d set the project_name value to the actual project name. However, this would result in duplicate project names across worktrees, which the docs warn against.

What are the practical consequences of this? How do others handle this situation when using Serena with worktrees?

[fr4gles]

Also hit the similar issue. On my side I am using several copies of the same repository for some testing & PRs etc.

Is it possible to parametrize the project name in any way?

[opcode81]

Project names can be configured in each project's project.yml file.

However, naming currently cannot be influenced directly at creation time (via serena project generate-yml or serena project index).
I have added #722 to address this.