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0 pointsmartinvonz3mo ago0 comments

I have used both Git and jj. I find it easier in jj.

`git reset` by itself doesn't split a commit AFAIK. You need to then `git add -p` and `git commit` (and recover the commit message from the old commit). And what happens if you had other changes in the working copy first? Or if you want to split a commit that's not at HEAD?

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17186274403mo ago

> `git reset` by itself doesn't split a commit AFAIK. You need to then `git add -p` and `git commit`

If you want to generate two commits with the exact same message, then do:

    git checkout combined-commit
    git reset --soft previous-version
    git commit -C @

> And what happens if you had other changes in the working copy first?

Do something with them. Put them in a commit, put them into a commit in the global stack of todo commits or tell git to do that automatically.

> Or if you want to split a commit that's not at HEAD?

Check it out or do a rebase.

martinvonzOP3mo ago

Those were rhetorical questions. I know how to use Git. Sorry that I was unclear.

17186274403mo ago

> `git reset` by itself doesn't split a commit AFAIK.

Git reset splits a single commit, into two "things", another commit with the first part and a second part that is put into a version prepared for a commit (--soft), prepared for further editing (--mixed) or thrown away (--hard). To me that counts as commit splitting, but it may not match with JJ terms. Also splitting into two commits with the same commit message doesn't sound quite useful to me, so the default of Git two require a second commit message is sensible to me.

> Those were rhetorical questions.

Ok, but then what was your point?

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17186274403mo ago

> `git reset` by itself doesn't split a commit AFAIK. You need to then `git add -p` and `git commit`

If you want to generate two commits with the exact same message, then do:

    git checkout combined-commit
    git reset --soft previous-version
    git commit -C @

> And what happens if you had other changes in the working copy first?

Do something with them. Put them in a commit, put them into a commit in the global stack of todo commits or tell git to do that automatically.

> Or if you want to split a commit that's not at HEAD?

Check it out or do a rebase.

martinvonzOP3mo ago

Those were rhetorical questions. I know how to use Git. Sorry that I was unclear.

17186274403mo ago

> `git reset` by itself doesn't split a commit AFAIK.

> Those were rhetorical questions.

Ok, but then what was your point?

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