diff --git a/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD-Tests.m b/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD-Tests.m
index fdfcc211..9b01e23d 100644
--- a/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD-Tests.m
+++ b/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD-Tests.m
@@ -194,4 +194,37 @@ - (void)testRestoreFileToParentVersion {
   [self assertContentsOfFileAtPath:@"new_file.txt" equalsString:@"New Content\n"];
 }
 
+// Regression test for issue #2713: checking out a branch that is already checked out in another
+// worktree must fail *without* mutating the working directory or index. Previously the target tree
+// was written to disk before the (failing) HEAD move, leaving staged "revert" debris behind.
+- (void)testCheckoutBranchCheckedOutInLinkedWorktree {
+  // We start on master with a clean working directory.
+  [self assertContentsOfFileAtPath:@"hello_world.txt" equalsString:@"Hola Mundo!\n"];
+  XCTAssertTrue([self.repository checkClean:0 error:NULL]);
+
+  // Check out the topic branch in a linked worktree so it becomes off-limits in this one.
+  NSString* worktreePath = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:[[NSProcessInfo processInfo] globallyUniqueString]];
+  NSString* worktreeOutput = [self runGitCLTWithRepository:self.repository command:@"worktree", @"add", worktreePath, @"topic", nil];
+  XCTAssertNotNil(worktreeOutput);  // nil means git exited non-zero, i.e. the worktree wasn't created
+
+  // Switching to that same branch here must fail...
+  NSError* error;
+  XCTAssertFalse([self.repository checkoutLocalBranch:self.topicBranch options:0 error:&error]);
+  XCTAssertNotNil(error);
+
+  // ...and must leave the working directory, index, and HEAD exactly as they were.
+  XCTAssertTrue([self.repository checkClean:0 error:NULL]);
+  [self assertContentsOfFileAtPath:@"hello_world.txt" equalsString:@"Hola Mundo!\n"];
+  GCLocalBranch* branch;
+  GCCommit* head = [self.repository lookupHEAD:&branch error:NULL];
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(head, self.commit3);
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(branch, self.masterBranch);
+
+  // Re-checking-out the branch already at this HEAD must still be allowed.
+  XCTAssertTrue([self.repository checkoutLocalBranch:self.masterBranch options:kGCCheckoutOption_Force error:NULL]);
+
+  // Clean up the linked worktree.
+  [[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:worktreePath error:NULL];
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD.m b/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD.m
index 02896a46..101b0741 100644
--- a/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD.m
+++ b/GitUpKit/Core/GCRepository+HEAD.m
@@ -242,6 +242,16 @@ - (BOOL)updateSubmoduleReferenceAtPath:(NSString*)submodulePath toCommitSHA1:(NS
 
 // Because by default git_checkout_tree() assumes the baseline (i.e. expected content of workdir) is HEAD we must checkout first, then update HEAD
 - (BOOL)checkoutLocalBranch:(GCLocalBranch*)branch options:(GCCheckoutOptions)options error:(NSError**)error {
+  // Bail out *before* touching the working directory if the branch is checked out in another worktree.
+  // Otherwise _checkoutTreeForCommit: below writes the target tree into the index and working directory, then
+  // setHEADToReference: fails (git_repository_set_head() refuses to point at a branch that is the HEAD of a
+  // linked worktree), leaving those changes behind with no rollback. See issue #2713. git mirrors this check
+  // by only rejecting a *different* branch, so allow re-checking-out the branch that is already this HEAD.
+  git_reference* branchReference = branch.private;
+  if (git_reference_is_branch(branchReference) && !git_branch_is_head(branchReference) && git_branch_is_checked_out(branchReference)) {
+    GC_SET_GENERIC_ERROR(@"Branch '%@' is already checked out in another worktree", branch.name);
+    return NO;
+  }
   GCCommit* tipCommit = [self lookupTipCommitForBranch:branch error:error];
   if (!tipCommit || ![self _checkoutTreeForCommit:tipCommit withBaseline:nil options:options error:error] || ![self setHEADToReference:branch error:error]) {
     return NO;