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Jujutsu for everyone

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434 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 15:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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BeetleB ◴[31 Aug 25 17:25 UTC] No.45084995[source]▶
I had used jj for only a month before I switched back to git for a particular project at work. I felt that jj was *really* nice, but nothing more.

After returning to vanilla git, I was missing the jj convenience within hours.

https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2025/Aug/the-jujutsu-effect/

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incognito124 ◴[31 Aug 25 17:28 UTC] No.45085022[source]▶
Something about appreciating only after losing
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ysofunny ◴[31 Aug 25 17:53 UTC] No.45085265[source]▶
also, demonstrating a marked improvement in the experience.

it really does seem like we all gonna be using jj soon enough

I recall pijul.org that was another working prototype of better git

and I wonder how much overlap is there in the way they have made the improvements.

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1. fiddlerwoaroof ◴[31 Aug 25 18:10 UTC] No.45085444[source]▶
pijul uses a completely different model of version control than git (stores diffs rather than snapshots). And so the cost of switching and interoperation is a bit higher than jj which basically acts like a nice UI over git.