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wtf? it can diverge from git? wasn't git compatibility it's main pro?

• SatvikBeri 10mo ago
  You can still use git worktrees in a colocated repository. jj workspaces are a different, but similar capability that provide some extra features, at the cost of some others.
• steveklabnik 10mo ago
  Yes, jj is its own VCS with pluggable backends. Google uses it with Piper, their centralized VCS. Being compatible and being purely a frontend aren’t the same thing.
• aseipp 10mo ago
  To be technical, it's more that it can read and write the on-disk Git format directly, like many other tools can. I think the easiest way to conceptualize it is to think of Git and jj as being broken down into three broad "layers": data storage, algorithms, user interface. Jujutsu uses the same data storage format as Git -- but each of them have their own algorithms and user interface built atop that storage.
• xboxnolifes 10mo ago
  git is the storage layer. JJ's commands do not have to, and never did, match git one-to-one.
• antonvs 10mo ago
  No, that's just a practical approach to supporting migration to jj. If we want to improve systems, we need to be able to migrate conveniently from older systems to better ones.