Manual/Going further

Several tasks at once: lanes

Chapter 11 · 2 min read

Usually you work on one thing at a time in one folder. A lane gives a task its own copy of the project, so moh can work there without disturbing what you have open — and you can run several lanes side by side.

The idea#

Behind the scenes, each lane is a separate git worktree (a second working copy of the same repository) on its own branch, with its own installed dependencies. Lanes live in moh's folder, never inside your repository.

Using lanes#

Inside moh, /lanes opens the lanes panel. From the terminal:

1. Create a group for related work, and say which branch it lands on.

   $ moh lanes group checkout-redesign --target develop

2. Start a lane for one task. moh creates the branch and the folder, and installs dependencies the way your project declares them — it never invents an install command.

   $ moh lanes start checkout-redesign fix/payment-retry

3. Work in it. A conversation bound to a lane shows · lane and the task name at the bottom of the screen.
4. Bring it back when you are ready.

   $ moh lanes integrate <lane-id>

When two changes disagree#

If integrating a lane would clash with other work, moh stops the merge cleanly — nothing is left half-merged — and marks the lane conflicted. Sort out the disagreement (moh can help), then resume:

Tidying up#

Written for moh 0.61. Inside moh, ctrl+h opens the built-in manual for your exact version.