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Jujutsu (jj) usage

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Jujutsu (jj) usage

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Jujutsu is a Git-compatible version control system that may be used in Carbon checkouts.

[!IMPORTANT] You can detect if Jujutsu is in use by checking for a .jj directory in the repository root. If present, you must use jj and must not use git. If absent, you must not use jj.

General usage

Always use the --no-pager flag when invoking jj to prevent the command from blocking or waiting for terminal paging.

Common commands

Syncing with remote

  • Fetch from remote: jj --no-pager git fetch
  • Create a new change on top of trunk: jj --no-pager new trunk
  • Show repository status: jj --no-pager status
  • Show commit history: jj --no-pager log

Managing changes

  • View diff of current changes: jj --no-pager diff
  • Commit changes: jj --no-pager commit
    • Note: Prefer using jj commit over the combination of jj describe and jj new.
  • Abandon/discard current changes: jj --no-pager abandon
  • Rebase current change onto trunk: jj --no-pager rebase -o trunk