I really tried to like jj but I couldn’t make it work for my workflow:
There are files that are committed to repository that I need to edit (e.g. .envrc files, which cannot be overridden). There is no way I can ignore those in Jujutsu.
In plain git I can do sparse checkout using negative paths and it works. jj doesn’t support it, and using positive path doesn’t work as I never know if new files are there.
Every push was a dance around removing my changes. I’m checking if there’s progress from time to time but there’s no so far.
But just yesterday I decided to check git branchless as I’m exploring stacked PR workflow and I can say it’s intriguing and even if more rough around the edges than jj I haven’t yet found any showstoppers.
There are files that are committed to repository that I need to edit (e.g. .envrc files, which cannot be overridden). There is no way I can ignore those in Jujutsu.
In plain git I can do sparse checkout using negative paths and it works. jj doesn’t support it, and using positive path doesn’t work as I never know if new files are there.
Every push was a dance around removing my changes. I’m checking if there’s progress from time to time but there’s no so far.
But just yesterday I decided to check git branchless as I’m exploring stacked PR workflow and I can say it’s intriguing and even if more rough around the edges than jj I haven’t yet found any showstoppers.