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Jujutsu for everyone

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434 points Bogdanp | 7 comments | 31 Aug 25 15:31 UTC | HN request time: 1.115s | source | bottom
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layer8 ◴[31 Aug 25 17:03 UTC] No.45084800[source]▶
One showstopper for me is that Jujutsu doesn’t support .gitattributes (https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/git-compatibility/).
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1. verdverm ◴[31 Aug 25 18:05 UTC] No.45085384[source]▶
or LFS, hooks, submodules, shallow clones
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2. odie5533 ◴[31 Aug 25 22:54 UTC] No.45087811[source]▶
So it doesn't have most of the worst features git ever invented. Got it.
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3. Cthulhu_ ◴[01 Sep 25 06:21 UTC] No.45089987[source]▶
I can understand the criticism to submodules but the rest of your comment feels like unwarranted snark.
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4. odie5533 ◴[01 Sep 25 06:31 UTC] No.45090038{3}[source]▶
Hooks, submodules, and LFS all have huge followings of haters. I think just a week ago there was a big post on HN about how awful LFS is.
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5. lmm ◴[01 Sep 25 07:24 UTC] No.45090332{3}[source]▶
I'm all for functionality, but git should never have been a smorgasbord of random bolt-on special cases. If you have to break the basic core functionality to make a feature work, it's not a good feature.
6. odie5533 ◴[01 Sep 25 13:31 UTC] No.45092575{3}[source]▶
I never said jj was awesome. I've never used it. I'm already adept at git, enough to have opinions on its advanced features, and the knowledge to avoid them, so I'm not sure if I'd gain all that much from jj.
7. SAI_Peregrinus ◴[01 Sep 25 16:26 UTC] No.45094087{4}[source]▶
LFS is pretty crap, but the problem it tries to solve is real: version control should be able to control all the sources of the application, not just the text-based sources. Even if it can't meaningfully "diff" between them.