diff --git a/ci/experiments/01-rsync-publish/index.mjs b/ci/experiments/01-rsync-publish/index.mjs
index 33e89ed..6fc838c 100644
--- a/ci/experiments/01-rsync-publish/index.mjs
+++ b/ci/experiments/01-rsync-publish/index.mjs
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ async function compose(compose_config, args) {
 	})
 }
 
-// Hash (owner, repo_url, revision) to get an unambiguous volume name.
-// Human-readable metadata is stored as Docker volume labels instead.
-function worktree_volume_name(owner, repo_url, revision) {
+// Hash the entire checkout definition to get an unambiguous volume name.
+// Any change to any field (repo, revision, key, submodules, etc.) produces
+// a different volume. Human-readable metadata is stored as Docker volume labels.
+function worktree_volume_name(owner, repo_def) {
+	const sorted_keys = Object.keys(repo_def).sort()
+	const canonical = JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(sorted_keys.map(k => [k, repo_def[k]])))
 	const hash = createHash('sha256')
 		.update(owner).update('\0')
-		.update(repo_url).update('\0')
-		.update(revision)
+		.update(canonical)
 		.digest('hex')
 		.slice(0, 24)
 	return `ci-worktree-${hash}`
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ function worktree_volume_name(owner, repo_url, revision) {
 // Step 1: Prepare base worktree volume
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-async function prepare_worktree(owner, repo_url, revision, mutable, private_key_path) {
-	const volume_name = worktree_volume_name(owner, repo_url, revision)
+async function prepare_worktree(owner, repo_def, private_key_path) {
+	const { repo_url, revision, mutable } = repo_def
+	const volume_name = worktree_volume_name(owner, repo_def)
 
 	// Check if the volume already exists
 	let exists = false
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ async function prepare_worktree(owner, repo_url, revision, mutable, private_key_
 	}
 
 	if (exists && !mutable) {
-		// Immutable revision — volume is permanent once created
+		// Immutable — volume is permanent once created
 		console.log(`Base worktree volume ${volume_name} already exists, reusing.`)
 		return volume_name
 	}
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ async function main() {
 	const repo = checkout.repositories[0]
 	const private_key_path = path.join(secrets_base, 'git-ssh', user, 'private', repo.key)
 
-	const worktree_volume = await prepare_worktree(user, repo.repo_url, repo.revision, repo.mutable, private_key_path)
+	const worktree_volume = await prepare_worktree(user, repo, private_key_path)
 	console.log(`\nWorktree volume: ${worktree_volume}\n`)
 
 	const container_name = `ci-rsync-${worktree_volume.slice('ci-worktree-'.length)}`
diff --git a/ci/planning/architecture.md b/ci/planning/architecture.md
index ad4290c..c8008b4 100644
--- a/ci/planning/architecture.md
+++ b/ci/planning/architecture.md
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Images and tasks are declared separately. A task references an image by name. Mu
 
 ### Worktree layers (overlayfs)
 
-Each run mounts a single worktree into the container, but this is composed from two separately managed Docker volumes:
+A run may check out one or more repositories. Each repository produces two separately managed Docker volumes:
 
-**Base worktree** — a named Docker volume containing a plain `git checkout` of a specific `(owner, repo, revision)`. Read-only from the task container's perspective. Whether it is reused or re-checked-out on each run depends on whether the revision is mutable (see below).
+**Base worktree** — a named Docker volume containing a plain `git checkout` of a specific repository at a specific revision. The volume name is derived from a hash of the entire checkout definition (owner, repo URL, revision, key, submodules flag, etc.) so any change to any field produces a distinct volume. Keys are sorted before hashing so field order in the config file does not affect the result. Read-only from the task container's perspective. Whether it is reused or re-checked-out on each run depends on whether the revision is mutable (see below).
 
 **Worktree mutations** — a named Docker volume holding the overlayfs upper layer for a specific run. Unique per run. Contains only what the container wrote or modified — the base worktree is never touched.
 
-From inside the container these appear as a single mount point (the overlayfs merged view). From outside, the CI system names and manages them separately.
+Each repository is mounted at a distinct path inside the container. From the outside, the CI system names and manages the volumes per repository independently.
 
 Using named Docker volumes means the checkout is a straightforward `git clone` or `git checkout` into a volume — no need for the `--git-dir` / `--work-tree` / `GIT_INDEX_FILE` technique. That approach remains useful for direct host-based deployments but is out of scope here.