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[MINOR][INFRA] Instruct agents to use --no-track when creating worktrees or branches #58207

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point to origin, not upstream!
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Expand Up @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Before the first code edit or running test in a session, ensure a clean working
3. If there are uncommitted changes (check with `git status`), ask the user to stash them before proceeding.
4. Switch to the appropriate branch:
- **Existing PR**: resolve the PR branch name via `gh api repos/apache/spark/pulls/<number> --jq '.head.ref'`, then look for a local branch matching that name. If found, switch to it and inform the user. If not found, ask whether to fetch it or if there is a local branch under a different name.
- **New edits**: ask the user to choose: create a new git worktree from `<upstream>/master` and work from there (recommended), or create and switch to a new branch from `<upstream>/master`.
- **New edits**: ask the user to choose: create a new git worktree from `<upstream>/master` with `--no-track` and work from there (recommended), or create and switch to a new branch from `<upstream>/master` with `--no-track`.
- **Running tests**: use `<upstream>/master`.

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