[nocman]

> for me, everything git is a pain point

Yeah, I was looking for something (or "things") specific. An "I hate everything about it" explanation doesn't really compel me to try out the alternative.

> "megamerges" are one such example. ive shared many links, here and in other posts

I read through one megamerge link you shared ( https://v5.chriskrycho.com/journal/jujutsu-megamerges-and-jj... ). So the argument seems to be (forgive me if I'm reading this wrong), if you have multiple versions of a single set of source files that all have differing changes, for you JuJutsu makes it easier (easier then git, that is) to merge them into the final commit you want to end up with. Is that correct?

Just trying to make sure I understand. Honestly, after reading that article I am still not feeling the need to try Jujustu out. I'm still open to being convinced, but have yet to see anything that makes me go "wow, I need to try that!".

[nchmy]

"multiple versions" = feature branches, possibly all in progress, probably all related. In a couple seconds, you can create a merge on top of all of them to join up their combined functionality/changes, work on top of that ON ALL OF THEM AT ONCE, and then squash all the relevant changes into the respective PRs that others (who are just using git) can review and merge into main.

At this point A LOT has been written in this and other threads, as well as lots of essays and tutorials about how jj just completely transforms your workflow. If you're curious, you'll seek it out. If not, that's fine as well.

[typpilol]

What does the history look like then? Just a single merge from a ton of branches or?

[KingMob]

The parent is describing the megamerge pattern, which is a way to work on multiple branches at once.

You don't have to do that, and you rarely push it to others. History looks the same as git, usually, although I end up rebasing more than I ever did in git, since it's easier and safer.

[KingMob]

> I'm still open to being convinced, but have yet to see anything that makes me go "wow, I need to try that!".

You might not find that feature, but I'd suggest giving it a go anyway. The list of jj technical superiorities is short, but the numerous quality-of-life DX improvements all add up to pleasant, fearless version control.

Even without editor support or a UI, I abandoned git forever last year after using jj for a couple weeks.

Just my $.02.

[nchmy]

Jjui is an incredible TUI for jj. Its the only way I interact with jj

[yencabulator]

My read on jj so far has always been "convenience wrapper over a preexisting Git concept" and simultaneously "alternate CLI that might be easier to learn".

Much like BitKeeper was sort of like an automated set of conventions on top of SCCS, (and Git and BitKeeper are near-interchangeable if you don't look at any of the details,) jj is like an automated set of conventions on top of Git.

(I personally wish the jj project had leaned harder into "it's just Git operations, made easier" instead of the whole "abstraction over storage layers" spiel, which needlessly scares a person familiar with Git, and makes the project sound very wishy-washy. When you peek under the hood, it's just Git! If it wasn't, I probably wouldn't use it!)