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Planning, Building, Reviewing: Why The JJ Workflow Works Better Than Git

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After a week of experimenting with using git and jj to plan and build, I’ve landed on jj as the winner.

Rebasing Kills the Git Workflow

Automatic rebases are the winning feature here. When I tell Claude to update a change, it will automatically rebase all its descendants. This is a MASSIVE time saver for both me and Claude.

When I use empty commits in git, Claude performs the same until it has to start editing code. Then things get messy.

· 3 min read · jj

Use Jujutsu to Plan and Build with Claude

Claude works better with this workflow because the context you send is focused and clear. A big old markdown doc is fine, but Claude has to read the whole thing to find the next task.

· 4 min read · ai