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wakawaka28yesterday at 5:31 PM1 replyview on HN

>It's very widely remarked that the Git CLI is pretty miserable, and as soon as a better (so I hear) alternative comes along they suddenly realise and start improving it... This happens all the time in software.

I don't think these claims have merit, for the most part. More often than not, people just don't take any time to learn git, then get on a soapbox about it.

If you think these commands are worthwhile, by all means use them. I happen to think git rebase is all you need. Giving people crutches to avoid using it just delays their enlightenment. But not everyone reaches enlightenment, it's true.

I don't think jj adds anything compelling over git either. But different strokes for different folks...


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tredre3yesterday at 8:17 PM

> people just don't take any time to learn git, then get on a soapbox about it.

That is true. However those same people that struggled for years with git are able to pick up jj and be very productive with no issue whatsoever, in a matter of days. So either:

1. jj is a lot more intuitive out of the box

2. or jj makes learning it fun, so more people do it

Whichever it may be, hopefully git can improve by learning from it and we all win. Don't you agree?

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