lazyjj

TUI for Jujutsu/jj. Built in Rust with Ratatui. Interacts with jj CLI.

lazyjj.mp4

Features

• Log
  • Scroll through the jj log and view change details in side panel
  • Create new changes from selected change with n
  • Edit changes with e/E
  • Desribe changes with d
  • Abandon changes with a
  • Toggle between color words and git diff with p
  • See different revset with r
  • Set a bookmark to selected change with b
  • Fetch/push with f/p
  • Squash current changes to selected change with s/S
• Files
  • View files in current change and diff in side panel
  • See a change's files from the log tab with Enter
  • View conflicts list in current change
  • Toggle between color words and git diff with w
  • Untrack file with x
• Bookmarks
  • View list of bookmarks, including from all remotes with a
  • Create with c, rename with r, delete with d, forget with f
  • Track bookmarks with t, untrack bookmarks with T
  • Create new change with n, edit change with e/E
• Command log: View every command lazyjj executes
• Config: Configure lazyjj with your jj config
• Command box: Run jj commands directly in lazyjj with :
• Help: See all key mappings with ?

Setup

Make sure you have jj installed first.

• With cargo binstall: cargo binstall lazyjj
• With cargo install: cargo install lazyjj --locked (may take a few moments to compile)
• With pre-built binaries: View releases
• For Arch Linux: pacman -S lazyjj

To build and install a pre-release version: cargo install --git https://github.com/Cretezy/lazyjj.git --locked

Configuration

You can optionally configure the following options through your jj config:

• lazyjj.highlight-color: Changes the highlight color. Can use named colors. Defaults to #323264
• lazyjj.diff-format: Change the default diff format. Can be color-words or git. Defaults to color_words
  • If lazyjj.diff-format is not set but ui.diff.format is, the latter will be used
• lazyjj.diff-tool: Specify which diff tool to use by default
  • If lazyjj.diff-tool is not set but ui.diff.tool is, the latter will be used
• lazyjj.bookmark-prefix: Change the bookmark name prefix for generated bookmark names. Defaults to push-
  • If lazyjj.bookmark-prefix is not set but git.push-bookmark-prefix is, the latter will be used
• lazyjj.layout: Changes the layout of the main and details panel. Can be horizontal (default) or vertical
• lazyjj.layout-percent: Changes the layout split of the main page. Should be number between 0 and 100. Defaults to 50

Example: jj config set --user lazyjj.diff-format "color-words" (for storing in user config file, repo config is also supported)

Usage

To start lazyjj for the repository in the current directory: lazyjj

To use a different repository: lazyjj --path ~/path/to/repo

To start with a different default revset: lazyjj -r '::@'

Key mappings

See all key mappings for the current tab with ?.

Basic navigation

• Quit with q
• Change tab with 1/2/3 or with h/l
• Scrolling in main panel
  • Scroll down/up by one line with j/k or down/up arrow
  • Scroll down/up by half page with J/K or down/up arrow
• Scrolling in details panel
  • Scroll down/up by one line with Ctrl+e/Ctrl+y
  • Scroll down/up by a half page with Ctrl+d/Ctrl+u
  • Scroll down/up by a full page with Ctrl+f/Ctrl+b
• Open a command popup to run jj commands using : (jj prefix not required, e.g. write new main instead of jj new main)

Log tab

• Select current change with @
• View change files in files tab with Enter
• Display different revset with r (jj log -r)
• Change details panel diff format between color words (default) and Git (and diff tool if set) with w
• Toggle details panel wrapping with W
• Create new change after highlighted change with n (jj new)
  • Create new change and describe with N (jj new -m)
• Edit highlighted change with e (jj edit)
  • Edit highlighted change ignoring immutability with E (jj edit --ignore-immutable)
• Abandon a change with a (jj abandon)
• Describe the highlighted change with d (jj describe)
  • Save with Ctrl+s
  • Cancel with Esc
• Set a bookmark to the highlighted change with b (jj bookmark set)
  • Scroll in bookmark list with j/k
  • Create a new bookmark with c
  • Use auto-generated name with g
• Squash current changes (in @) to the selected change with s (jj squash)
  • Squash current changes to the selected change ignoring immutability with S (jj squash --ignore-immutable)
• Git fetch with f (jj git fetch)
  • Git fetch all remotes with F (jj git fetch --all-remotes)
• Git push with p (jj git push)
  • Git push all bookmarks with P (jj git push --all)
  • Use Ctrl+p or Ctrl+P to include pushing new bookmarks (--allow-new)

Files tab

• Select current change with @
• Change details panel diff format between color words (default) and Git (and diff tool if set) with w
• Toggle details panel wrapping with W

Bookmarks tab

• Show bookmarks with all remotes with a (jj bookmark list --all)
• Create a bookmark with c (jj bookmark create)
• Rename a bookmark with r (jj bookmark rename)
• Delete a bookmark with d (jj bookmark delete)
• Forget a bookmark with f (jj bookmark forget)
• Track a bookmark with t (only works for bookmarks with remotes) (jj bookmark track)
• Untrack a bookmark with T (only works for bookmarks with remotes) (jj bookmark untrack)
• Change details panel diff format between color words (default) and Git (and diff tool if set) with w
• Toggle details panel wrapping with W
• Create a new change after the highlighted bookmark's change with n (jj new)
  • Create a new change and describe with N (jj new -m)
• Edit the highlighted bookmark's change with e (jj edit)
  • Edit the highlighted bookmark's change ignoring immutability with E (jj edit --ignore-immutable)

Command log tab

• Select latest command with @
• Toggle details panel wrapping with W

Configuring

Keys can be configured

[lazyjj.keybinds.log_tab]
save = "ctrl+s"

See more in keybindings.md

Development

Setup

1. Install Rust and
2. Clone repository
3. Run with cargo run
4. Build with cargo build --release (output in target/release)
5. You can point it to another jj repo with --path: cargo run -- --path ~/other-repo

Logging/Tracing

lazyjj has 2 debugging tools:

1. Logging: Enabled by setting LAZYJJ_LOG=1 when running. Produces a lazyjj.log log file
2. Tracing: Enabled by setting LAZYJJ_TRACE=1 when running. Produces trace-*.json Chrome trace file, for chrome://tracing or ui.perfetto.dev