diff --git a/.changeset/silent-swans-teach.md b/.changeset/silent-swans-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3709a6925c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-swans-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/config": minor
+"@pnpm/core": minor
+"@pnpm/get-context": minor
+"@pnpm/git-utils": minor
+"@pnpm/headless": minor
+"@pnpm/lockfile-file": minor
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": minor
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": minor
+"pnpm": minor
+"@pnpm/assert-project": minor
+---
+
+New settings added: use-git-branch-lockfile, merge-git-branch-lockfiles, merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern.
diff --git a/fixtures/with-non-package-dep/pnpm-lock.yaml b/fixtures/with-non-package-dep/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ecd037e6608..57771e8883b 100644
--- a/fixtures/with-non-package-dep/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/with-non-package-dep/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lockfileVersion: 5.3
+lockfileVersion: 5.4
 
 specifiers:
   camelcase: denolib/camelcase#aeb6b15f9c9957c8fa56f9731e914c4d8a6d2f2b
diff --git a/packages/config/package.json b/packages/config/package.json
index 3152524d4c6..5b244304d23 100644
--- a/packages/config/package.json
+++ b/packages/config/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/constants": "workspace:6.1.0",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:3.0.1",
+    "@pnpm/git-utils": "workspace:0.0.0",
+    "@pnpm/matcher": "workspace:3.0.0",
     "@pnpm/npm-conf": "1.0.4",
     "@pnpm/pnpmfile": "workspace:2.0.3",
     "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:3.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/config/src/Config.ts b/packages/config/src/Config.ts
index a3d844e2f83..87e0b1c6e36 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/Config.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ export interface Config {
   modulesDir?: string
   sharedWorkspaceLockfile?: boolean
   useLockfile: boolean
+  useGitBranchLockfile: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern?: string[]
   globalPnpmfile?: string
   npmPath?: string
   gitChecks?: boolean
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.ts b/packages/config/src/index.ts
index d5f13160df4..1c256e4a154 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import loadNpmConf from '@pnpm/npm-conf'
 import npmTypes from '@pnpm/npm-conf/lib/types'
 import { requireHooks } from '@pnpm/pnpmfile'
 import { safeReadProjectManifestOnly } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+import matcher from '@pnpm/matcher'
 import camelcase from 'camelcase'
 import normalizeRegistryUrl from 'normalize-registry-url'
 import fromPairs from 'ramda/src/fromPairs'
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ export const types = Object.assign({
   bail: Boolean,
   'cache-dir': String,
   'child-concurrency': Number,
+  'merge-git-branch-lockfiles': Boolean,
+  'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern': Array,
   color: ['always', 'auto', 'never'],
   'config-dir': String,
   dev: [null, true],
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ export const types = Object.assign({
   'global-dir': String,
   'global-path': String,
   'global-pnpmfile': String,
+  'git-branch-lockfile': Boolean,
   hoist: Boolean,
   'hoist-pattern': Array,
   'ignore-pnpmfile': Boolean,
@@ -185,6 +190,7 @@ export default async (
       'bitbucket.org',
     ],
     globalconfig: npmDefaults.globalconfig,
+    'git-branch-lockfile': false,
     hoist: true,
     'hoist-pattern': ['*'],
     'ignore-workspace-root-check': false,
@@ -261,6 +267,21 @@ export default async (
     if (typeof pnpmConfig['packageLock'] === 'boolean') return pnpmConfig['packageLock']
     return false
   })()
+  pnpmConfig.useGitBranchLockfile = (() => {
+    if (typeof pnpmConfig['gitBranchLockfile'] === 'boolean') return pnpmConfig['gitBranchLockfile']
+    return false
+  })()
+  pnpmConfig.mergeGitBranchLockfiles = await (async () => {
+    if (typeof pnpmConfig['mergeGitBranchLockfiles'] === 'boolean') return pnpmConfig['mergeGitBranchLockfiles']
+    if (pnpmConfig['mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern'] != null && pnpmConfig['mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern'].length > 0) {
+      const branch = await getCurrentBranch()
+      if (branch) {
+        const branchMatcher = matcher(pnpmConfig['mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern'])
+        return branchMatcher(branch)
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined
+  })()
   pnpmConfig.pnpmHomeDir = getDataDir(process)
 
   if (cliOptions['global']) {
diff --git a/packages/config/test/index.ts b/packages/config/test/index.ts
index 36c09691326..fb6f88052b0 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/test/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import PATH from 'path-name'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
 import getConfig from '@pnpm/config'
 import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
 import loadNpmConf from '@pnpm/npm-conf'
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import prepare, { prepareEmpty } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 
 import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 
+jest.mock('@pnpm/git-utils', () => ({ getCurrentBranch: jest.fn() }))
+
 // To override any local settings,
 // we force the default values of config
 delete process.env.npm_config_depth
@@ -805,3 +808,92 @@ test('getConfig() should read cafile', async () => {
   expect(config.ca).toStrictEqual([`xxx
 -----END CERTIFICATE-----`])
 })
+
+test('respect merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern', async () => {
+  {
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {},
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfiles).toBeUndefined()
+  }
+  {
+    prepareEmpty()
+
+    const npmrc = [
+      'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern[]=main',
+      'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern[]=release/**',
+    ].join('\n')
+
+    await fs.writeFile('.npmrc', npmrc, 'utf8')
+
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {
+        global: false,
+      },
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern).toEqual(['main', 'release/**'])
+  }
+})
+
+test('getConfig() sets merge-git-branch-lockfiles when branch matches merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+  {
+    const npmrc = [
+      'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern[]=main',
+      'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern[]=release/**',
+    ].join('\n')
+
+    await fs.writeFile('.npmrc', npmrc, 'utf8')
+
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('develop')
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {
+        global: false,
+      },
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern).toEqual(['main', 'release/**'])
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfiles).toBe(false)
+  }
+  {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('main')
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {
+        global: false,
+      },
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfiles).toBe(true)
+  }
+  {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('release/1.0.0')
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {
+        global: false,
+      },
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })
+    expect(config.mergeGitBranchLockfiles).toBe(true)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/config/tsconfig.json b/packages/config/tsconfig.json
index 9660d8adfdb..7a6e0ef56be 100644
--- a/packages/config/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/config/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
     {
       "path": "../error"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../git-utils"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../matcher"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../pnpmfile"
     },
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 790e06e9667..56fd8bc6d24 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "@pnpm/cafs": "workspace:4.0.4",
     "@pnpm/client": "workspace:7.1.4",
     "@pnpm/core": "workspace:5.3.1",
+    "@pnpm/git-utils": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/logger": "^4.0.0",
     "@pnpm/package-store": "workspace:13.0.7",
     "@pnpm/prepare": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/getPeerDependencyIssues.ts b/packages/core/src/getPeerDependencyIssues.ts
index 9b6bde7fd5d..dc6ceaf299d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/getPeerDependencyIssues.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/getPeerDependencyIssues.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type ListMissingPeersOptions = Partial<GetContextOptions>
 | 'preferWorkspacePackages'
 | 'saveWorkspaceProtocol'
 | 'storeController'
+| 'useGitBranchLockfile'
 | 'workspacePackages'
 >
 & Pick<GetContextOptions, 'storeDir'>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
index 18c316df14d..9463f0df485 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export interface StrictInstallOptions {
   extraBinPaths: string[]
   hoistingLimits?: HoistingLimits
   useLockfile: boolean
+  useGitBranchLockfile: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles: boolean
   linkWorkspacePackagesDepth: number
   lockfileOnly: boolean
   fixLockfile: boolean
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ const defaults = async (opts: InstallOptions) => {
       process.getuid() !== 0,
     update: false,
     useLockfile: true,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: false,
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles: false,
     userAgent: `${packageManager.name}/${packageManager.version} npm/? node/${process.version} ${process.platform} ${process.arch}`,
     verifyStoreIntegrity: true,
     workspacePackages: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/src/install/index.ts b/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
index dad5eac8595..1e548b18cf4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   writeCurrentLockfile,
   writeLockfiles,
   writeWantedLockfile,
+  cleanGitBranchLockfiles,
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-file'
 import { writePnpFile } from '@pnpm/lockfile-to-pnp'
 import { extendProjectsWithTargetDirs } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
@@ -202,6 +203,10 @@ export async function mutateModules (
     streamParser.removeListener('data', reporter)
   }
 
+  if (opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles) {
+    await cleanGitBranchLockfiles(ctx.lockfileDir)
+  }
+
   return result
 
   async function _install (): Promise<UpdatedProject[]> {
@@ -781,7 +786,7 @@ const _installInContext: InstallFunction = async (projects, ctx, opts) => {
   }
 
   const depsStateCache: DepsStateCache = {}
-  const lockfileOpts = { forceSharedFormat: opts.forceSharedLockfile }
+  const lockfileOpts = { forceSharedFormat: opts.forceSharedLockfile, useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile, mergeGitBranchLockfiles: opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles }
   if (!opts.lockfileOnly && opts.enableModulesDir) {
     const result = await linkPackages(
       projects,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/link/index.ts b/packages/core/src/link/index.ts
index dfef26c1b72..6a5ae22b6b8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/link/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/link/index.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default async function link (
   } else {
     newPkg = opts.manifest
   }
-  const lockfileOpts = { forceSharedFormat: opts.forceSharedLockfile }
+  const lockfileOpts = { forceSharedFormat: opts.forceSharedLockfile, useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile, mergeGitBranchLockfiles: opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles }
   if (opts.useLockfile) {
     await writeLockfiles({
       currentLockfile: updatedCurrentLockfile,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/link/options.ts b/packages/core/src/link/options.ts
index 624f827fd39..201aed0939c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/link/options.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/link/options.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ interface StrictLinkOptions {
 
   publicHoistPattern: string[] | undefined
   forcePublicHoistPattern: boolean
+
+  useGitBranchLockfile: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles: boolean
 }
 
 export type LinkOptions =
diff --git a/packages/core/test/install/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts b/packages/core/test/install/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba546f29f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/install/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import { prepareEmpty, preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import { install, mutateModules } from '@pnpm/core'
+import { testDefaults } from '../utils'
+import { WANTED_LOCKFILE } from '@pnpm/constants'
+import { ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+import writeYamlFile from 'write-yaml-file'
+
+jest.mock('@pnpm/git-utils', () => ({ getCurrentBranch: jest.fn() }))
+
+test('install with git-branch-lockfile = true', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+
+  const branchName: string = 'main-branch'
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue'](branchName)
+
+  const opts = await testDefaults({
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+  })
+
+  await install({
+    dependencies: {
+      'is-positive': '^3.0.0',
+    },
+  }, opts)
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(`pnpm-lock.${branchName}.yaml`)).toBe(true)
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(false)
+})
+
+test('install with git-branch-lockfile = true and no lockfile changes', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+
+  const branchName: string = 'main-branch'
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue'](branchName)
+
+  const manifest: ProjectManifest = {
+    dependencies: {
+      'is-positive': '^3.0.0',
+    },
+  }
+
+  const opts1 = await testDefaults({
+    useGitBranchLockfile: false,
+  })
+  await install(manifest, opts1)
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(true)
+
+  const opts2 = await testDefaults({
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+  })
+  await install(manifest, opts2)
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(true)
+  // Git branch lockfile is created only if there are changes in the lockfile
+  expect(fs.existsSync(`pnpm-lock.${branchName}.yaml`)).toBe(false)
+})
+
+test('install a workspace with git-branch-lockfile = true', async () => {
+  const rootManifest: ProjectManifest = {
+    name: 'root',
+  }
+  const project1Manifest: ProjectManifest = {
+    name: 'project-1',
+    dependencies: { 'is-positive': '1.0.0' },
+  }
+  const project2Manifest: ProjectManifest = {
+    name: 'project-2',
+    dependencies: { 'is-positive': '1.0.0' },
+  }
+  preparePackages([
+    {
+      location: '.',
+      package: rootManifest,
+    },
+    {
+      location: 'project-1',
+      package: project1Manifest,
+    },
+    {
+      location: 'project-2',
+      package: project2Manifest,
+    },
+  ])
+
+  const branchName: string = 'main-branch'
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue'](branchName)
+
+  const opts = await testDefaults({
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+  })
+
+  await mutateModules([
+    {
+      buildIndex: 0,
+      manifest: rootManifest,
+      mutation: 'install',
+      rootDir: process.cwd(),
+    },
+    {
+      buildIndex: 0,
+      manifest: project1Manifest,
+      mutation: 'install',
+      rootDir: path.resolve('project-1'),
+    },
+    {
+      buildIndex: 0,
+      manifest: project2Manifest,
+      mutation: 'install',
+      rootDir: path.resolve('project-2'),
+    },
+  ], opts)
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(`pnpm-lock.${branchName}.yaml`)).toBe(true)
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(false)
+})
+
+test('install with --merge-git-branch-lockfiles', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+
+  const branchName: string = 'main-branch'
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue'](branchName)
+
+  const otherLockfilePath: string = path.resolve('pnpm-lock.other.yaml')
+  await writeYamlFile(otherLockfilePath, {
+    whatever: 'whatever',
+  })
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(otherLockfilePath)).toBe(true)
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(false)
+
+  const opts = await testDefaults({
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles: true,
+  })
+  await install({
+    dependencies: {
+      'is-positive': '^3.0.0',
+    },
+  }, opts)
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(otherLockfilePath)).toBe(false)
+  expect(fs.existsSync(WANTED_LOCKFILE)).toBe(true)
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
index 0ad13abbdaa..25256f27af9 100644
--- a/packages/core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../get-context"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../git-utils"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../headless"
     },
diff --git a/packages/get-context/src/index.ts b/packages/get-context/src/index.ts
index a277974bda0..fbe8dec3906 100644
--- a/packages/get-context/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/get-context/src/index.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ export interface GetContextOptions {
   registries: Registries
   storeDir: string
   useLockfile: boolean
+  useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
   virtualStoreDir?: string
 
   hoistPattern?: string[] | undefined
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ export default async function getContext<T> (
       projects: importersContext.projects,
       registry: opts.registries.default,
       useLockfile: opts.useLockfile,
+      useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile,
+      mergeGitBranchLockfiles: opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles,
       virtualStoreDir,
     }),
   }
@@ -376,6 +380,8 @@ export async function getContextForSingleImporter (
     registries: Registries
     storeDir: string
     useLockfile: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
     virtualStoreDir?: string
 
     hoistPattern?: string[] | undefined
@@ -479,6 +485,8 @@ export async function getContextForSingleImporter (
       projects: [{ id: importerId, rootDir: opts.dir }],
       registry: opts.registries.default,
       useLockfile: opts.useLockfile,
+      useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile,
+      mergeGitBranchLockfiles: opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles,
       virtualStoreDir,
     }),
   }
diff --git a/packages/get-context/src/readLockfiles.ts b/packages/get-context/src/readLockfiles.ts
index 6ce12cfba03..f108e138eca 100644
--- a/packages/get-context/src/readLockfiles.ts
+++ b/packages/get-context/src/readLockfiles.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export default async function (
     lockfileDir: string
     registry: string
     useLockfile: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
     virtualStoreDir: string
   }
 ): Promise<{
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ export default async function (
   const lockfileOpts = {
     ignoreIncompatible: opts.force || isCI,
     wantedVersion: LOCKFILE_VERSION,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile,
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles: opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles,
   }
   const fileReads = [] as Array<Promise<Lockfile | undefined | null>>
   let lockfileHadConflicts: boolean = false
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ export default async function (
       fileReads.push(readWantedLockfile(opts.lockfileDir, lockfileOpts))
     }
   } else {
-    if (await existsWantedLockfile(opts.lockfileDir)) {
+    if (await existsWantedLockfile(opts.lockfileDir, lockfileOpts)) {
       logger.warn({
         message: `A ${WANTED_LOCKFILE} file exists. The current configuration prohibits to read or write a lockfile`,
         prefix: opts.lockfileDir,
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/README.md b/packages/git-utils/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ccb1016902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# @pnpm/git-utils
+
+> Utilities for git
+
+<!--@shields('npm')-->
+[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@pnpm/git-utils.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pnpm/git-utils)
+<!--/@-->
+
+## Installation
+
+```
+pnpm add @pnpm/git-utils
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+<!--@example('./example.js')-->
+```js
+'use strict'
+const { getCurrentBranchName } = require('@pnpm-utils').default
+
+main()
+async function main() {
+  const branchName = await getCurrentBranch();
+  console.log(branchName)
+}
+```
+<!--/@-->
+
+# License
+
+MIT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/example.js b/packages/git-utils/example.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b5ad529457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict'
+const { getCurrentBranch } = require('@pnpm-utils').default
+
+main()
+async function main() {
+  const branchName = await getCurrentBranch();
+  console.log(branchName)
+}
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/jest.config.js b/packages/git-utils/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f697d831691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('../../jest.config.js')
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/package.json b/packages/git-utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e75932675ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "name": "@pnpm/git-utils",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Utilities for git",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "lib",
+    "!*.map"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=14.6"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts test/**/*.ts",
+    "_test": "jest",
+    "test": "pnpm run compile && pnpm run _test",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run compile",
+    "fix": "tslint -c tslint.json src/**/*.ts test/**/*.ts --fix",
+    "compile-only": "tsc --build",
+    "compile": "tsc --build && pnpm run lint --fix"
+  },
+  "repository": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/packages/git-utils",
+  "keywords": [
+    "pnpm7",
+    "pnpm",
+    "git",
+    "npm"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/packages/git-utils#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "execa": "npm:safe-execa@^0.1.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/git-utils": "workspace:0.0.0",
+    "tempy": "^1.0.0"
+  },
+  "funding": "https://opencollective.com/pnpm",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./lib/index.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/gitChecks.ts b/packages/git-utils/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/gitChecks.ts
rename to packages/git-utils/src/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/test/index.test.ts b/packages/git-utils/test/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dba8c3b52ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/test/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import tempy from 'tempy'
+import execa from 'execa'
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import { getCurrentBranch, isGitRepo, isWorkingTreeClean } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+
+test('isGitRepo', async () => {
+  const tempDir = tempy.directory()
+  process.chdir(tempDir)
+
+  await expect(isGitRepo()).resolves.toBe(false)
+
+  await execa('git', ['init'])
+
+  await expect(isGitRepo()).resolves.toBe(true)
+})
+
+test('getCurrentBranch', async () => {
+  const tempDir = tempy.directory()
+  process.chdir(tempDir)
+
+  await execa('git', ['init'])
+  await execa('git', ['checkout', '-b', 'foo'])
+
+  await expect(getCurrentBranch()).resolves.toBe('foo')
+})
+
+test('isWorkingTreeClean', async () => {
+  const tempDir = tempy.directory()
+  process.chdir(tempDir)
+
+  await execa('git', ['init'])
+
+  await expect(isWorkingTreeClean()).resolves.toBe(true)
+
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(tempDir, 'foo'), 'foo')
+
+  await expect(isWorkingTreeClean()).resolves.toBe(false)
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f798b65d3a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@pnpm/tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "../../typings/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.lint.json b/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.lint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dc5add6b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git-utils/tsconfig.lint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "test/**/*.ts",
+    "../../typings/**/*.d.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/headless/src/index.ts b/packages/headless/src/index.ts
index d11e87fdf79..0b6728c7f5c 100644
--- a/packages/headless/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/headless/src/index.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export interface HeadlessOptions {
   skipped: Set<string>
   enableModulesDir?: boolean
   nodeLinker?: 'isolated' | 'hoisted' | 'pnp'
+  useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
 }
 
 export default async (opts: HeadlessOptions) => {
@@ -146,7 +147,12 @@ export default async (opts: HeadlessOptions) => {
   }
 
   const lockfileDir = opts.lockfileDir
-  const wantedLockfile = opts.wantedLockfile ?? await readWantedLockfile(lockfileDir, { ignoreIncompatible: false })
+  const wantedLockfile = opts.wantedLockfile ?? await readWantedLockfile(lockfileDir, {
+    ignoreIncompatible: false,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: opts.useGitBranchLockfile,
+    // mergeGitBranchLockfiles is intentionally not supported in headless
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles: false,
+  })
 
   if (wantedLockfile == null) {
     throw new Error(`Headless installation requires a ${WANTED_LOCKFILE} file`)
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/package.json b/packages/lockfile-file/package.json
index ec8163547ff..2a839242149 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/package.json
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/constants": "workspace:6.1.0",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:3.0.1",
+    "@pnpm/git-utils": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-types": "workspace:4.0.2",
     "@pnpm/merge-lockfile-changes": "workspace:3.0.2",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:8.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/existsWantedLockfile.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/existsWantedLockfile.ts
index c7625fc7d68..8757b6cfe0f 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/src/existsWantedLockfile.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/existsWantedLockfile.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
-import { WANTED_LOCKFILE } from '@pnpm/constants'
+import { getWantedLockfileName } from './lockfileName'
 
-export default async (pkgPath: string) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-  fs.access(path.join(pkgPath, WANTED_LOCKFILE), (err) => {
-    if (err == null) {
-      resolve(true)
-      return
-    }
-    if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      resolve(false)
-      return
-    }
-    reject(err)
+interface ExistsWantedLockfileOptions {
+  useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
+}
+
+export default async (pkgPath: string, opts: ExistsWantedLockfileOptions = {
+  useGitBranchLockfile: false,
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles: false,
+}) => {
+  const wantedLockfile: string = await getWantedLockfileName(opts)
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    fs.access(path.join(pkgPath, wantedLockfile), (err) => {
+      if (err == null) {
+        resolve(true)
+        return
+      }
+      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        resolve(false)
+        return
+      }
+      reject(err)
+    })
   })
-})
+}
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/gitBranchLockfile.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/gitBranchLockfile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e30d7a3724e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/gitBranchLockfile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+
+export async function getGitBranchLockfileNames (lockfileDir: string) {
+  const files = await fs.readdir(lockfileDir)
+  const gitBranchLockfileNames: string[] = files.filter(file => file.match(/^pnpm-lock.(?:.*).yaml$/))
+  return gitBranchLockfileNames
+}
+
+export async function cleanGitBranchLockfiles (lockfileDir: string) {
+  const gitBranchLockfiles: string[] = await getGitBranchLockfileNames(lockfileDir)
+  await Promise.all(
+    gitBranchLockfiles.map(async file => {
+      const filepath: string = path.join(lockfileDir, file)
+      await fs.unlink(filepath)
+    })
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/index.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/index.ts
index 0587041af04..9387bfd04f3 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ export {
   writeCurrentLockfile,
   writeWantedLockfile,
 }
+
+export { cleanGitBranchLockfiles } from './gitBranchLockfile'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/lockfileName.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/lockfileName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d8f7691a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/lockfileName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { WANTED_LOCKFILE } from '@pnpm/constants'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+
+export interface GetWantedLockfileNameOptions {
+  useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+  mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
+}
+
+export async function getWantedLockfileName (opts: GetWantedLockfileNameOptions = { useGitBranchLockfile: false, mergeGitBranchLockfiles: false }) {
+  if (opts.useGitBranchLockfile && !opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles) {
+    const currentBranchName = await getCurrentBranch()
+    if (currentBranchName) {
+      return WANTED_LOCKFILE.replace('.yaml', `.${stringifyBranchName(currentBranchName)}.yaml`)
+    }
+  }
+  return WANTED_LOCKFILE
+}
+
+/**
+ * 1. Git branch name may contains slashes, which is not allowed in filenames
+ * 2. Filesystem may be case-insensitive, so we need to convert branch name to lowercase
+ */
+function stringifyBranchName (branchName: string = '') {
+  return branchName.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-_.]/g, '!').toLowerCase()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/read.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/read.ts
index a9c552f14ea..fca6a0f479b 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/src/read.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/read.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   WANTED_LOCKFILE,
 } from '@pnpm/constants'
 import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
+import mergeLockfileChanges from '@pnpm/merge-lockfile-changes'
 import { Lockfile } from '@pnpm/lockfile-types'
 import { DEPENDENCIES_FIELDS } from '@pnpm/types'
 import comverToSemver from 'comver-to-semver'
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import { LockfileBreakingChangeError } from './errors'
 import { autofixMergeConflicts, isDiff } from './gitMergeFile'
 import logger from './logger'
 import { LockfileFile } from './write'
+import { getWantedLockfileName } from './lockfileName'
+import { getGitBranchLockfileNames } from './gitBranchLockfile'
 
 export async function readCurrentLockfile (
   virtualStoreDir: string,
@@ -32,13 +35,17 @@ export async function readWantedLockfileAndAutofixConflicts (
   opts: {
     wantedVersion?: number
     ignoreIncompatible: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
   }
 ): Promise<{
     lockfile: Lockfile | null
     hadConflicts: boolean
   }> {
-  const lockfilePath = path.join(pkgPath, WANTED_LOCKFILE)
-  return _read(lockfilePath, pkgPath, { ...opts, autofixMergeConflicts: true })
+  return _readWantedLockfile(pkgPath, {
+    ...opts,
+    autofixMergeConflicts: true,
+  })
 }
 
 export async function readWantedLockfile (
@@ -46,10 +53,11 @@ export async function readWantedLockfile (
   opts: {
     wantedVersion?: number
     ignoreIncompatible: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
   }
 ): Promise<Lockfile | null> {
-  const lockfilePath = path.join(pkgPath, WANTED_LOCKFILE)
-  return (await _read(lockfilePath, pkgPath, opts)).lockfile
+  return (await _readWantedLockfile(pkgPath, opts)).lockfile
 }
 
 async function _read (
@@ -136,6 +144,83 @@ export function createLockfileObject (
   }
 }
 
+async function _readWantedLockfile (
+  pkgPath: string,
+  opts: {
+    wantedVersion?: number
+    ignoreIncompatible: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
+    autofixMergeConflicts?: boolean
+  }
+): Promise<{
+    lockfile: Lockfile | null
+    hadConflicts: boolean
+  }> {
+  const lockfileNames: string[] = [WANTED_LOCKFILE]
+  if (opts.useGitBranchLockfile) {
+    const gitBranchLockfileName: string = await getWantedLockfileName(opts)
+    if (gitBranchLockfileName !== WANTED_LOCKFILE) {
+      lockfileNames.unshift(gitBranchLockfileName)
+    }
+  }
+  let result: { lockfile: Lockfile | null, hadConflicts: boolean } = { lockfile: null, hadConflicts: false }
+  for (const lockfileName of lockfileNames) {
+    result = await _read(path.join(pkgPath, lockfileName), pkgPath, { ...opts, autofixMergeConflicts: true })
+    if (result.lockfile) {
+      if (opts.mergeGitBranchLockfiles) {
+        result.lockfile = await _mergeGitBranchLockfiles(result.lockfile, pkgPath, pkgPath, opts)
+      }
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+async function _mergeGitBranchLockfiles (
+  lockfile: Lockfile | null,
+  lockfileDir: string,
+  prefix: string,
+  opts: {
+    autofixMergeConflicts?: boolean
+    wantedVersion?: number
+    ignoreIncompatible: boolean
+  }
+): Promise<Lockfile | null> {
+  if (!lockfile) {
+    return lockfile
+  }
+  const gitBranchLockfiles: Array<(Lockfile | null)> = (await _readGitBranchLockfiles(lockfileDir, prefix, opts)).map(({ lockfile }) => lockfile)
+
+  let mergedLockfile: Lockfile = lockfile
+
+  for (const gitBranchLockfile of gitBranchLockfiles) {
+    if (!gitBranchLockfile) {
+      continue
+    }
+    mergedLockfile = mergeLockfileChanges(mergedLockfile, gitBranchLockfile)
+  }
+
+  return mergedLockfile
+}
+
+async function _readGitBranchLockfiles (
+  lockfileDir: string,
+  prefix: string,
+  opts: {
+    autofixMergeConflicts?: boolean
+    wantedVersion?: number
+    ignoreIncompatible: boolean
+  }
+): Promise<Array<{
+    lockfile: Lockfile | null
+    hadConflicts: boolean
+  }>> {
+  const files = await getGitBranchLockfileNames(lockfileDir)
+
+  return Promise.all(files.map((file) => _read(path.join(lockfileDir, file), prefix, opts)))
+}
+
 /**
  * Reverts changes from the "forceSharedFormat" write option if necessary.
  */
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/src/write.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/src/write.ts
index ec7b662c60a..36ce35289fe 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/src/write.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/src/write.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import isEmpty from 'ramda/src/isEmpty'
 import writeFileAtomicCB from 'write-file-atomic'
 import logger from './logger'
 import { sortLockfileKeys } from './sortLockfileKeys'
+import { getWantedLockfileName } from './lockfileName'
 
 async function writeFileAtomic (filename: string, data: string) {
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => writeFileAtomicCB(filename, data, {}, (err?: Error) => (err != null) ? reject(err) : resolve()))
@@ -28,9 +29,12 @@ export async function writeWantedLockfile (
   wantedLockfile: Lockfile,
   opts?: {
     forceSharedFormat?: boolean
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
   }
 ) {
-  return writeLockfile(WANTED_LOCKFILE, pkgPath, wantedLockfile, opts)
+  const wantedLockfileName: string = await getWantedLockfileName(opts)
+  return writeLockfile(wantedLockfileName, pkgPath, wantedLockfile, opts)
 }
 
 export async function writeCurrentLockfile (
@@ -142,9 +146,12 @@ export default async function writeLockfiles (
     wantedLockfileDir: string
     currentLockfile: Lockfile
     currentLockfileDir: string
+    useGitBranchLockfile?: boolean
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles?: boolean
   }
 ) {
-  const wantedLockfilePath = path.join(opts.wantedLockfileDir, WANTED_LOCKFILE)
+  const wantedLockfileName: string = await getWantedLockfileName(opts)
+  const wantedLockfilePath = path.join(opts.wantedLockfileDir, wantedLockfileName)
   const currentLockfilePath = path.join(opts.currentLockfileDir, 'lock.yaml')
 
   // empty lockfile is not saved
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/otherFile.md b/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/otherFile.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.branch.yaml b/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.branch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f8c945c11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.branch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+lockfileVersion: 5.3
+
+specifiers:
+  is-positive: '2.0.0'
+
+packages:
+  /is-positive/2.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g='}
+
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.yaml b/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35be8a9f8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/fixtures/6/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+lockfileVersion: 5.3
+
+specifiers:
+  is-positive: '1.0.0'
+
+packages:
+  /is-positive/1.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g='}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/test/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b026f760bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/gitBranchLockfile.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import { getGitBranchLockfileNames } from '../lib/gitBranchLockfile'
+
+process.chdir(__dirname)
+
+test('getGitBranchLockfileNames()', async () => {
+  const lockfileDir: string = path.join('fixtures', '6')
+  const gitBranchLockfileNames = await getGitBranchLockfileNames(lockfileDir)
+  expect(gitBranchLockfileNames).toEqual(['pnpm-lock.branch.yaml'])
+})
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/lockfileName.test.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/test/lockfileName.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f4f8602d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/lockfileName.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { WANTED_LOCKFILE } from '@pnpm/constants'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+import { getWantedLockfileName } from '../lib/lockfileName'
+
+jest.mock('@pnpm/git-utils', () => ({ getCurrentBranch: jest.fn() }))
+
+describe('lockfileName', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReset']()
+  })
+
+  test('returns default lockfile name if useGitBranchLockfile is off', async () => {
+    await expect(getWantedLockfileName()).resolves.toBe(WANTED_LOCKFILE)
+  })
+
+  test('returns git branch lockfile name', async () => {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('main')
+    await expect(getWantedLockfileName({ useGitBranchLockfile: true })).resolves.toBe('pnpm-lock.main.yaml')
+  })
+
+  test('returns git branch lockfile name when git branch contains clashes', async () => {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('a/b/c')
+    await expect(getWantedLockfileName({ useGitBranchLockfile: true })).resolves.toBe('pnpm-lock.a!b!c.yaml')
+  })
+
+  test('returns git branch lockfile name when git branch contains uppercase', async () => {
+    getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('aBc')
+    await expect(getWantedLockfileName({ useGitBranchLockfile: true })).resolves.toBe('pnpm-lock.abc.yaml')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/read.test.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/test/read.test.ts
index 228e762e1a3..1becc08c588 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/test/read.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/read.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
 import {
   existsWantedLockfile,
   readCurrentLockfile,
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ import {
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-file'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
 
+jest.mock('@pnpm/git-utils', () => ({ getCurrentBranch: jest.fn() }))
+
 process.chdir(__dirname)
 
 test('readWantedLockfile()', async () => {
@@ -190,3 +193,71 @@ test('existsWantedLockfile()', async () => {
   })
   expect(await existsWantedLockfile(projectPath)).toBe(true)
 })
+
+test('readWantedLockfile() when useGitBranchLockfile', async () => {
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('branch')
+  const lockfile = await readWantedLockfile(path.join('fixtures', '6'), {
+    ignoreIncompatible: false,
+  })
+  expect(lockfile?.importers).toEqual({
+    '.': {
+      specifiers: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  expect(lockfile?.packages).toStrictEqual({
+    '/is-positive/1.0.0': {
+      resolution: {
+        integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g=',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
+  const gitBranchLockfile = await readWantedLockfile(path.join('fixtures', '6'), {
+    ignoreIncompatible: false,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+  })
+  expect(gitBranchLockfile?.importers).toEqual({
+    '.': {
+      specifiers: {
+        'is-positive': '2.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  expect(gitBranchLockfile?.packages).toStrictEqual({
+    '/is-positive/2.0.0': {
+      resolution: {
+        integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g=',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+})
+
+test('readWantedLockfile() when useGitBranchLockfile and mergeGitBranchLockfiles', async () => {
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue']('branch')
+  const lockfile = await readWantedLockfile(path.join('fixtures', '6'), {
+    ignoreIncompatible: false,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+    mergeGitBranchLockfiles: true,
+  })
+  expect(lockfile?.importers).toEqual({
+    '.': {
+      specifiers: {
+        'is-positive': '2.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  expect(lockfile?.packages).toStrictEqual({
+    '/is-positive/1.0.0': {
+      resolution: {
+        integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g=',
+      },
+    },
+    '/is-positive/2.0.0': {
+      resolution: {
+        integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g=',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/test/write.test.ts b/packages/lockfile-file/test/write.test.ts
index b25fcda23aa..69a74d8d216 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/test/write.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/test/write.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import {
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-file'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
 import yaml from 'yaml-tag'
+import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
+
+jest.mock('@pnpm/git-utils', () => ({ getCurrentBranch: jest.fn() }))
 
 test('writeLockfiles()', async () => {
   const projectPath = tempy.directory()
@@ -192,3 +195,39 @@ test('writeLockfiles() does not fail if the lockfile has undefined properties',
     wantedLockfileDir: projectPath,
   })
 })
+
+test('writeLockfiles() when useGitBranchLockfile', async () => {
+  const branchName: string = 'branch'
+  getCurrentBranch['mockReturnValue'](branchName)
+  const projectPath = tempy.directory()
+  const wantedLockfile = {
+    importers: {
+      '.': {
+        dependencies: {
+          foo: '1.0.0',
+        },
+        specifiers: {
+          foo: '^1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    lockfileVersion: LOCKFILE_VERSION,
+    packages: {
+      '/foo/1.0.0': {
+        resolution: {
+          integrity: 'sha1-ChbBDewTLAqLCzb793Fo5VDvg/g=',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  await writeLockfiles({
+    currentLockfile: wantedLockfile,
+    currentLockfileDir: projectPath,
+    wantedLockfile,
+    wantedLockfileDir: projectPath,
+    useGitBranchLockfile: true,
+  })
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(projectPath, WANTED_LOCKFILE))).toBeFalsy()
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(projectPath, `pnpm-lock.${branchName}.yaml`))).toBeTruthy()
+})
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-file/tsconfig.json b/packages/lockfile-file/tsconfig.json
index 54d74c76715..2099aac3f79 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-file/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/lockfile-file/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../error"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../git-utils"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../lockfile-types"
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
index 7f9609022e1..d02ea1a3939 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes () {
     'lockfile-directory',
     'lockfile-only',
     'lockfile',
+    'merge-git-branch-lockfiles',
+    'merge-git-branch-lockfiles-branch-pattern',
     'modules-dir',
     'network-concurrency',
     'node-linker',
@@ -139,6 +141,10 @@ For options that may be used with `-r`, see "pnpm help recursive"',
             description: 'Fix broken lockfile entries automatically',
             name: '--fix-lockfile',
           },
+          {
+            description: 'Merge lockfiles were generated on git branch',
+            name: '--merge-git-branch-lockfiles',
+          },
           {
             description: 'The directory in which dependencies will be installed (instead of node_modules)',
             name: '--modules-dir <dir>',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
index 04b499255b6..c37cb0d4fc4 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "@pnpm/config": "workspace:15.2.1",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:3.0.1",
     "@pnpm/exportable-manifest": "workspace:3.0.3",
+    "@pnpm/git-utils": "workspace:0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/lifecycle": "workspace:13.0.4",
     "@pnpm/package-bins": "workspace:6.0.2",
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:3.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 94422f60748..1dc4cd58aa9 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
 import runLifecycleHooks, { RunLifecycleHookOptions } from '@pnpm/lifecycle'
 import runNpm from '@pnpm/run-npm'
 import { ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { getCurrentBranch, isGitRepo, isRemoteHistoryClean, isWorkingTreeClean } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
 import { prompt } from 'enquirer'
 import rimraf from '@zkochan/rimraf'
 import pick from 'ramda/src/pick'
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import renderHelp from 'render-help'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
 import * as pack from './pack'
 import recursivePublish, { PublishRecursiveOpts } from './recursivePublish'
-import { getCurrentBranch, isGitRepo, isRemoteHistoryClean, isWorkingTreeClean } from './gitChecks'
 
 export function rcOptionsTypes () {
   return pick([
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
index cba3c3334e2..c061f19b6cd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../filter-workspace-packages"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../git-utils"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../lifecycle"
     },
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/package.json b/packages/pnpm/package.json
index 43cb8adef6f..3dc1c4bd8ce 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/package.json
+++ b/packages/pnpm/package.json
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
     "test": "pnpm run compile && pnpm run _test",
     "prepublishOnly": "pnpm compile && npm cache clear --force && publish-packed --prune --npm-client=pnpm --dest=dist",
     "postpublish": "publish-packed",
+    "_compile": "tsc --build",
     "compile": "tsc --build && pnpm run lint --fix && rimraf dist bin/nodes && pnpm run bundle && shx cp -r node-gyp-bin dist/node-gyp-bin && shx cp -r node_modules/@pnpm/tabtab/lib/scripts dist/scripts && shx cp -r node_modules/ps-list/vendor dist/vendor && shx cp pnpmrc dist/pnpmrc"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 28f931e1332..e02da78da83 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/config': workspace:15.2.1
       '@pnpm/constants': workspace:6.1.0
       '@pnpm/error': workspace:3.0.1
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': workspace:0.0.0
+      '@pnpm/matcher': workspace:3.0.0
       '@pnpm/npm-conf': 1.0.4
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': workspace:2.0.3
       '@pnpm/prepare': workspace:*
@@ -364,6 +366,8 @@ importers:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/constants': link:../constants
       '@pnpm/error': link:../error
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': link:../git-utils
+      '@pnpm/matcher': link:../matcher
       '@pnpm/npm-conf': 1.0.4
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': link:../pnpmfile
       '@pnpm/read-project-manifest': link:../read-project-manifest
@@ -403,6 +407,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/error': workspace:3.0.1
       '@pnpm/filter-lockfile': workspace:6.0.5
       '@pnpm/get-context': workspace:6.1.3
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': workspace:0.0.0
       '@pnpm/graph-sequencer': 1.0.0
       '@pnpm/headless': workspace:18.1.11
       '@pnpm/hoist': workspace:6.1.3
@@ -528,6 +533,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/cafs': link:../cafs
       '@pnpm/client': link:../client
       '@pnpm/core': 'link:'
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': link:../git-utils
       '@pnpm/logger': 4.0.0
       '@pnpm/package-store': link:../package-store
       '@pnpm/prepare': link:../../privatePackages/prepare
@@ -1078,6 +1084,17 @@ importers:
       '@types/semver': 7.3.9
       is-windows: 1.0.2
 
+  packages/git-utils:
+    specifiers:
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': workspace:0.0.0
+      execa: npm:safe-execa@^0.1.1
+      tempy: ^1.0.0
+    dependencies:
+      execa: /safe-execa/0.1.1
+    devDependencies:
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': 'link:'
+      tempy: 1.0.1
+
   packages/graceful-fs:
     specifiers:
       '@pnpm/graceful-fs': workspace:2.0.0
@@ -1377,6 +1394,7 @@ importers:
     specifiers:
       '@pnpm/constants': workspace:6.1.0
       '@pnpm/error': workspace:3.0.1
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': workspace:0.0.0
       '@pnpm/lockfile-file': workspace:5.0.4
       '@pnpm/lockfile-types': workspace:4.0.2
       '@pnpm/logger': ^4.0.0
@@ -1402,6 +1420,7 @@ importers:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/constants': link:../constants
       '@pnpm/error': link:../error
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': link:../git-utils
       '@pnpm/lockfile-types': link:../lockfile-types
       '@pnpm/merge-lockfile-changes': link:../merge-lockfile-changes
       '@pnpm/types': link:../types
@@ -2406,6 +2425,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/error': workspace:3.0.1
       '@pnpm/exportable-manifest': workspace:3.0.3
       '@pnpm/filter-workspace-packages': workspace:5.0.12
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': workspace:0.0.0
       '@pnpm/lifecycle': workspace:13.0.4
       '@pnpm/logger': ^4.0.0
       '@pnpm/package-bins': workspace:6.0.2
@@ -2451,6 +2471,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/config': link:../config
       '@pnpm/error': link:../error
       '@pnpm/exportable-manifest': link:../exportable-manifest
+      '@pnpm/git-utils': link:../git-utils
       '@pnpm/lifecycle': link:../lifecycle
       '@pnpm/package-bins': link:../package-bins
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': link:../pick-registry-for-package
@@ -8965,7 +8986,7 @@ packages:
       pkg-dir: 4.2.0
 
   /findup/0.1.5:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Udxo3C9A6alt2GZ2MNsgnIvX7De0V3VGxeP/x98NSVgSlizcDHdmJza61LI7zJy4OEtSiJyE72s0/+tBl5/ZxA==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-itkpozk7rGJ5V6fl3kYjsGsOLOs=}
     engines: {node: '>=0.6'}
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
@@ -9308,7 +9329,7 @@ packages:
     dev: true
 
   /github-from-package/0.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-SyHy3T1v2NUXn29OsWdxmK6RwHD+vkj3v8en8AOBZ1wBQ/hCAQ5bAQTD02kW4W9tUp/3Qh6J8r9EvntiyCmOOw==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-l/tdlr/eiXMxPyDoKI75oWf6ZM4=}
     dev: true
 
   /glob-parent/5.1.2:
@@ -11183,7 +11204,7 @@ packages:
     dev: true
 
   /manage-path/2.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NJhyB+PJYTpxhxZJ3lecIGgh4kwIY2RAh44XvAz9UlqthlQwtPBf62uBVR8XaD8CRuSjQ6TnZH2lNJkbLPZM2A==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-9M+EV7km7u4qg7FzUBQUvHbrlZc=}
     dev: true
 
   /map-age-cleaner/0.1.3:
@@ -11579,7 +11600,7 @@ packages:
     dev: true
 
   /mute-stream/0.0.7:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-r65nCZhrbXXb6dXOACihYApHw2Q6pV0M3V0PSxd74N0+D8nzAdEAITq2oAjA1jVnKI+tGvEBUpqiMh0+rW6zDQ==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-MHXOk7whuPq0PhvE2n6BFe0ee6s=}
     dev: true
 
   /mv/2.1.1:
@@ -11994,7 +12015,7 @@ packages:
       mimic-fn: 2.1.0
 
   /opt-cli/1.5.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-iRFQBiQjXZ+LX/8pis04prUhS6FOYcJiZRouofN3rUJEB282b/e0s3jp9vT7aHgXY6TUpgPwu12f0i+qF40Kjw==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-BNtEexPJa5kusxaFJm9O0NlzbcI=}
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
       commander: 2.9.0
@@ -13609,11 +13630,11 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
 
   /spawn-command/0.0.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zC8zGoGkmc8J9ndvml8Xksr1Amk9qBujgbF0JAIWO7kXr43w0h/0GJNM/Vustixu+YE8N/MTrQ7N31FvHUACxQ==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-lUThpDygRfhTGqwaSMspva5iM44=}
     dev: true
 
   /spawn-command/0.0.2-1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-n98l9E2RMSJ9ON1AKisHzz7V42VDiBQGY6PB1BwRglz99wpVsSuGzQ+jOi6lFXBGVTCrRpltvjm+/XA+tpeJrg==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-YvXpRmmBwbeW3Fkpk34RycaSG9A=}
     dev: true
 
   /spawndamnit/2.0.0:
@@ -14089,7 +14110,7 @@ packages:
       next-tick: 1.1.0
 
   /tiny-each-async/2.0.3:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-5ROII7nElnAirvFn8g7H7MtpfV1daMcyfTGQwsn/x2VtyV+VPiO5CjReCJtWLvoKTDEDmZocf3cNPraiMnBXLA==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha1-jru/1tYpXxNwAD+7NxYq/loKUdE=}
     dev: false
 
   /tinylogic/1.0.3:
diff --git a/privatePackages/assert-project/src/index.ts b/privatePackages/assert-project/src/index.ts
index 92e0b8ada0f..1958b4442ca 100644
--- a/privatePackages/assert-project/src/index.ts
+++ b/privatePackages/assert-project/src/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface Project {
    *
    * https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/32695 might help with this.
    */
-  readLockfile: () => Promise<Required<RawLockfile>>
+  readLockfile: (lockfileName?: string) => Promise<Required<RawLockfile>>
   writePackageJson: (pkgJson: object) => Promise<void>
 }
 
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ export default (projectPath: string, encodedRegistryName?: string): Project => {
       }
     },
     readModulesManifest: async () => readModules(modules),
-    async readLockfile () {
+    async readLockfile (lockfileName: string = WANTED_LOCKFILE) {
       try {
-        return await readYamlFile(path.join(projectPath, WANTED_LOCKFILE)) // eslint-disable-line
+        return await readYamlFile(path.join(projectPath, lockfileName)) // eslint-disable-line
       } catch (err: any) { // eslint-disable-line
         if (err.code === 'ENOENT') return null!
         throw err