Why “JJ” is being discussed
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That idea about keeping maintainer balance is pretty neat, interesting to see this kind of diligence in maintainership in the same project where legal ownership belongs to a sin…
by sundarurfriend · Sep 2, 2026
if you make commits, then you are at the scale where its killer features would shine. In other words, even the most basic git usage is made easier with jj. If you care to learn…
by nchmy · Sep 2, 2026
Same experience. At first I really didn’t get it and now I could never go back. The ease of rebasing, renaming, reordering, splitting, etc. Has drastically changed the way I wor…
by ncphillips · Sep 2, 2026
jj uses git as a backend. None of those need to "use" jj. You can use jj in an existing git repo, with your git wielding friends.
by nomel · Sep 2, 2026
I like the idea of jujutsu, but I must not operate at a scale where its "killer features" would truly shine. Git hardly ever gets in my way, I have never had to do complex octop…
by umvi · Sep 1, 2026
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