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Re:jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful by fragmede on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @01:47PM (#43028393)
> No one uses jj.

Plenty of people use jj. It just doesn't seem like that to you because it's client-side.

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Re:jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful by baq on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @03:23PM (#43029370)
citation needed. also, define plenty. 1% of git total user base is plenty in nominal terms, I agree, but it's still 1%.
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Re:jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful by fragmede on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @03:30PM (#43029439)
It's more than zero ie "no one", so GP is obviously wrong.
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Re:jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful by baq on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @03:44PM (#43029590)
technically correct and completely missed the point.
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Re:jj: a Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful by martinvonz on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @06:49PM (#43031070)
It's hard to find that information because neither git nor jj report usage information to a central place. The best I've been able to find is number of Homebrew installs, which says ~1.2k 30-day install for jj and ~162k for git, so it's about 0.7% based on that number. Who knows how many of those installs (of either tool) are actually used as the person's daily driver.
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