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I have tried jj several times but I feel like it slows me down significantly because I can’t grok the workflow. I like to do a bunch of changes then quickly sel

I have tried jj several times but I feel like it slows me down significantly because I can’t grok the workflow. I like to do a bunch of changes then quickly select them in my editor and commit them, breaking them up into different commits to keep them organized. With jj’s lack of editor integration, I don’t know how to do this with the cli alone so I end up with bigger messier commits.

WolfeReader 11mo ago
You want "jj commit -i". You'll get an interface that lets you choose files, chunks, or lines to commit.
- Zambyte 11mo ago
  Or the shorthand: jj ci -i Or if you don't care to set a commit message just yet: jj split -i Or if you want to defer making sure each commit has the right content until later, just use jj new, and then later use jj squash and jj split to make the commits have sensible changes, and jj desc to set the descriptions.
- IshKebab 11mo ago
  With git I can stage lines right in my IDE, no messing around in shitty TUIs.
  - Zambyte 11mo ago
    https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/config/ https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/config/ ctrl+f "tool"
- mettamage 11mo ago
  Sold! I'm trying jj. I've seen enough mentions now. I've never read anything about it. I hope it's compatible with git.
  - MrGreenTea 11mo ago
    The compatibility with git is the whole reason it's so popular (just run `jj git init --colocate` in your git repo). You can use it without forcing your collaborators to switch from git and you can use it will a git forges as well.
    - stavros 11mo ago
      I don't think you need `--colocate` any more, and maybe you don't even need `git`? I tried `jj init` in a git repo the other day and it did create a colocated jj repo, as far as I could see.
      - icorbrey 11mo ago
        Not sure on `jj init`, but yeah colocation is default as of I believe 0.34
tcoff91 11mo ago
In JJ you make a bunch of changes and then you split the commit into multiple commits.
stouset 11mo ago
This exact thing is quite literally one of jj’s flagship features: `jj split`.

WolfeReader 11mo ago

You want "jj commit -i". You'll get an interface that lets you choose files, chunks, or lines to commit.

Zambyte 11mo ago
Or the shorthand: jj ci -i Or if you don't care to set a commit message just yet: jj split -i Or if you want to defer making sure each commit has the right content until later, just use jj new, and then later use jj squash and jj split to make the commits have sensible changes, and jj desc to set the descriptions.
IshKebab 11mo ago
With git I can stage lines right in my IDE, no messing around in shitty TUIs.
- Zambyte 11mo ago
  https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/config/ https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/config/ ctrl+f "tool"
mettamage 11mo ago
Sold! I'm trying jj. I've seen enough mentions now. I've never read anything about it. I hope it's compatible with git.
- MrGreenTea 11mo ago
  The compatibility with git is the whole reason it's so popular (just run `jj git init --colocate` in your git repo). You can use it without forcing your collaborators to switch from git and you can use it will a git forges as well.
  - stavros 11mo ago
    I don't think you need `--colocate` any more, and maybe you don't even need `git`? I tried `jj init` in a git repo the other day and it did create a colocated jj repo, as far as I could see.
    - icorbrey 11mo ago
      Not sure on `jj init`, but yeah colocation is default as of I believe 0.34

tcoff91 11mo ago

In JJ you make a bunch of changes and then you split the commit into multiple commits.

stouset 11mo ago

This exact thing is quite literally one of jj’s flagship features: `jj split`.