Jujutsu : git compatible but better DVCS

I learnt about Jujutsu from the “Rust in Production” podcast episode about Git Butler

One of the attractive quality about it is that it works with existing git repos ¹

First superpower : Start using it with existing git repo locally cloned using jj git init --git-repo=. ²

This creates a .jj folder in the existing repo. .jj and .git co-exist peacefully

But I didn’t know that.

So for the first project to try Jujutsu, I jj git cloned my existing repo in a new folder, so that I have “old” git repo as well as jujutsu repo.

I’m still reading the documentation and [Steve’s Tutorial](https:// steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/) to understand the concepts.

I’ve already started using jj. But git interop is still a bit confusing.

One important/useful feature is that all the changes are available in git as well, as detached HEAD

So I can easily switch (in git) between main and detached HEAD

I still need to learn how to commit just one file to git, since jj does not have a concept of untracked changes ³