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shepherdjerred • today at 12:23 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

jj is in practice a wrapper around Git

it is built, though, that the Git backend can be swapped for another backend.

I'm not sure where you're getting two production backends from. I guess you're referring to the Google internal one that nobody can use?

> There is currently only one production-ready builtin commit backend: the Git backend. <omitted> Google also has its own cloud-based backend.

https://docs.jj-vcs.dev/latest/glossary/?utm_source=chatgpt....


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sunshowers • today at 1:51 AM

> jj is in practice a wrapper around Git

No, git-branchless is a wrapper around Git. jj is an independent source control system with git compatibility. jj can, and does, function entirely without git.

> I'm not sure where you're getting two production backends from. I guess you're referring to the Google internal one that nobody can use?

Lots of people within Google use it!

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