I created a cross-platform GUI for the JJ VCS (Git compatible)
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I created a cross-platform GUI for the JJ VCS (Git compatible)
A cross-platform GUI for the JJ VCS (Git compatible)
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4 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Excitement about a GUI for jj
From 3 comments
This looks great! Excited to try out out and play with it!
swaits on HNAwesome would love to follow this journey
harryyking on HNThis is so cool. Man I need to find another line of work there are too many cracked devs out there
g00k on HN
Recommendation of the jjui TUI
From 1 comment
This looks great though I like TUIs more. I’ve been using https://github.com/idursun/jjui for the last few months, I highly recommend it if you are a TUI person like me.
onatm on HN
Objections
Closed source makes it hard to trust the publisher
From 2 comments
Thanks for working on this project! It was mentioned on the JJ Discord server that there doesn't seem to be any information available about who you are. Especially since the…
martinvonz on HNI wish this was open source. Even if you kept comments etc disabled. Or if you shipped the source code alongside the binary. Or just had a zip of the source.
aaomidi on HN
App does nothing on Ubuntu 24.04 when selecting a repo
From 2 comments
I haven't managed to try this because the "select repo" does nothing on Ubuntu 24.04. It doesn't seem I can actually perform any action at all.
stavros on HNHm no, I didn't wait that long. Yep, no element did anything, it was as if the whole window were just an image, with no element responding to any sort of input.
stavros on HN
Name collides with jujutsu and jiu jitsu terms
From 1 comment
Nitpick: "[name-redacted]" and "jujutsu" are already heavily used terms. Googling around for information about this, at least for me, is pretty difficult. [name-redacted] is an…
lolmisfortune on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 2 comments
I wish this was open source. Even if you kept comments etc disabled. Or if you shipped the source code alongside the binary. Or just had a zip of the source.
aaomidi on HNYou can make the code open source without accepting pull requests or contributions from other people. You might still get pull requests or patches, but you can set expectations…
MrJohz on HN
Linux AppImage release
From 1 comment
Looks neat, have you considered releasing an AppImage for wider Linux support?
ambentzen on HN
Nix flake
From 1 comment
not to be that annoying guy, but does anyone have a nix flake for this xD ?
swoorup on HN
Questions
Who is the maker and who publishes it
From 1 comment
Thanks for working on this project! It was mentioned on the JJ Discord server that there doesn't seem to be any information available about who you are. Especially since the…
martinvonz on HN
What is the tech stack
From 1 comment
Since no one has asked. What is the tech stack?
deevus on HN
Alternatives named
jjui TUI
From 1 comment
This looks great though I like TUIs more. I’ve been using https://github.com/idursun/jjui for the last few months, I highly recommend it if you are a TUI person like me.
onatm on HN
VS Code jj plugins and Git Graph
From 2 comments
I think there’s a JJ vscode plugin
tcoff91 on HNIt's difficult to go back to a separate VCS app after using IDE git support (specifically VSCode & the 'git graph' extension which is sadly permanently abandoned).
IshKebab on HN
Sublime Merge
From 1 comment
More power to you! I bought Sublime Merge. I'd consider buying yours once it has a little more history. I've been using gg and really miss a side-by-side diff view. Maybe that…
socalgal2 on HN