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Madeleine Mortensen: Jujutsu For Busy Devs (Part 1) (maddie.wtf)
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“Jujutsu (jj) is a version control system with a significantly simplified mental model and command-line interface compared to Git, without sacrificing expressibility or power (in fact, you could argue Jujutsu is more powerful). Stacked-diff workflows, seamless rebases, and ephemeral revisions are all natural with jj [...]”

Part 2 of the series is out and is here.

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[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 22 hours ago

It is no secret that git’s interface is a bit too complex

Right but that's mostly because the CLI is a mess, not because the fundamental data model is bad.

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah you could view jujutsu as git with a simpler and more tidy CLI.

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago

No it has very significant differences to Git beyond the CLI.

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