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what im most impressed by when I read the comments to jj-related threads is how many people are handwriting assembly code.

I come to this conclusion because there's always a large amount of people saying "if you dont understand, let alone have mastered, git, then you dont get to have an opinion"

So, clearly these people similarly dont use ease-of-use abstractions like programming languages



Alright "touche" my guy, so original as well.

> if you dont understand, let alone have mastered, git, then you dont get to have an opinion

Eh Yeah kind of? If you use the wooden end of a hammer to try to hammer a nail, you don't get to complain that a hammer is a shitty tool for hammering nails without looking profoundly stupid. And complaining about people complaining about this is just ignorant.

Of course people are allowed to have opinions on git (or anything), but if your 2nd sentence is 'i have a command that deletes the .git folder and replaces it with a fresh copy', it shows that maybe the author is still in the hammering nails with the wooden part phase.


Jj is just simple to use - especially if you use it with jjui. It would never occur to someone to hit the nail with the handle.

Conversely, git requires a whole apprenticeship before you can be effective.

Moreover, there's MANY git "masters" who are effusive about how they'll never go back to git after switching to jj.

If it is just easier and better for beginners and experts, maybe it's just better.




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