[Human-Cabbage]

There are a couple main ways to achieve a workflow similar to Git's staging area.

#1: Squashing

Create a revision for the feature, then create another revision atop that.

  $ jj new main -m 'feature'
  $ jj new
  $ jj
  @  trtpzvno [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:32:33 9ac76a0f
  │  (empty) (no description set)
  ○  wvzltyyr [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:32:31 80b2d5d0
  │  (empty) feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  $ vim
  $ jj
  @  trtpzvno [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:34:50 5516c2b9
  │  (no description set)
  ○  wvzltyyr [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:32:31 80b2d5d0
  │  (empty) feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  ~
  $ jj squash -i
  # interactively choose hunks to squash into parent
  $ jj
  @  oxqnumku [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:35:48 8694aa34
  │  (empty) (no description set)
  ○  wvzltyyr [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:35:48 47110bff
  │  feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  ~

#2: Splitting

Create a revision for the feature, then split it up retroactively.

  $ jj new main -m 'feature'
  $ jj
  @  snomlyny [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:38:39 84c6ecaa
  │  (empty) feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  ~
  $ vim
  $ jj
  @  snomlyny [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:39:51 8038bdd4
  │  feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  ~
  $ jj split
  # interactively choose hunks to keep, splitting the rest into a new revision
  $ jj
  @  zpnpvvzl [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:41:47 5656f1c5
  │  debugging junk
  ○  snomlyny [e-mail] 2025-09-01 12:41:44 1d17740b
  │  feature
  ◆  zxrulorx [e-mail] 2024-12-11 03:44:38 main 351a2b30
  │  all the stuff
  ~