Why “gerrit” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I’m very excited to see the great work ERSC has/will do. When thinking about where Git lags today, I’ve come up with three categories: UX features and custom data not nativ…
by jdc-pub · Sep 1, 2026
I should probably post my guide on how to use gerrit and JJ together nicely. I wrote it internally after struggling a lot with getting the relevant knowledge from the relevant a…
by dijit · Aug 26, 2026
jj support doesn't force an org-wide change. jj is compatible with git. It's just that the mental model is more aligned to Gerrit and stacked PRs.
by barrkel · Aug 26, 2026
Jujutsu has a mental model that aligns far more closely to Gerrit than GitHub etc. It uses a persistent changeid to model a change mutating over time, like Gerrit uses Change-Id…
by barrkel · Aug 26, 2026
Ah, if true, than I misunderstood and agree. That didn't sound like what the person I replied to was saying though. It's hard to leave Gerrit after using it.
by fooqux · Aug 26, 2026
Different strokes for different teams. Team size, project size, monolithic or not, etc. can all influence this. I'll say from personal experience that Gerrit helped my team a lo…
by fooqux · Aug 26, 2026
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