VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code
39 points
3 days ago
| 5 comments
| visualjj.com
| HN
lima
1 hour ago
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There's a different, open source Jujutsu extension as well: https://github.com/keanemind/jjk
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Okkef
30 minutes ago
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I worked with JJ for half a year, and it was great. However, I've since decided to go back to GIT because of compatibility with existing workflows and AI tools.

Pre-commit hooks are not possible [yet?], which is a minor inconvenience. Worse, workspaces/worktrees use a different mechanism. This causes like Claude Desktop (which uses worktrees) to break. Also Claude and other agents are always confused about JJ and fall back to git too often.

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Yeroc
25 minutes ago
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Seeing similar comments across different articles and technologies and it makes me wonder how much AI is going to hold back the adoption of new technologies going forward.
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olup
21 minutes ago
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My team is asking the same. We are using jj with great success but tools like auto claude are designed around git and git worktrees. It's a shame - at least with git backend we can sort of make things work together.
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viraptor
1 hour ago
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It does look nice, I'll give it a go. Just wanted to say that "Git-out-of-the-way source control" is the best tiny description of JJ I've ever seen, because it's both true and the pun works perfectly. It brought me joy.
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AbuAssar
47 minutes ago
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it is worth noting that Jujutsu uses Git’s storage, networking, and ecosystem.
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olup
52 minutes ago
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I wanted the same extension but more steerable and open source, so I built open jj recently https://github.com/olup/open-jj
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IshKebab
41 minutes ago
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You gotta put screenshots in the readme!
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hirako2000
1 hour ago
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Just me or does sit well to monetize _mostly_ off the core benefits of an open source application?

Can't be easy to build a GUI on top, but I'm sure a 10% revenue to be redistributed to the hero behind jj would go a long way. Would also pay off.

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throwatdem12311
1 hour ago
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There is nothing about neither the licensing of jj or the spirit of open source that stigmatizes this.
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misnome
26 minutes ago
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10% revenue to google?
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Valodim
58 minutes ago
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The hero behind jj is employed by Google afaik, so we're good.
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