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jj-interdiff - Compare the changes of two commits

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  DIFF FORMATTING OPTIONS  GLOBAL OPTIONS 

NAME

jj−interdiff − Compare the changes of two commits

SYNOPSIS

jj interdiff [−f|−−from] [−t|−−to] [−s|−−summary] [−−stat] [−−types] [−−name−only] [−−git] [−−color−words] [−−tool] [−−context] [−w|−−ignore−all−space] [−b|−−ignore−space−change] [−R|−−repository] [−−ignore−working−copy] [−−ignore−immutable] [−−at−operation] [−−debug] [−−color] [−−quiet] [−−no−pager] [−−config] [−−config−file] [−h|−−help] [FILESETS]

DESCRIPTION

Compare the changes of two commits

This excludes changes from other commits by temporarily rebasing ‘−−from‘ onto ‘−−to‘'s parents. If you wish to compare the same change across versions, consider ‘jj evolog −p‘ instead.

OPTIONS

−f, −−from <REVSET>

Show changes from this revision

−t, −−to <REVSET>

Show changes to this revision

−h, −−help

Print help (see a summary with '−h')

[FILESETS]

Restrict the diff to these paths

DIFF FORMATTING OPTIONS

−s, −−summary

For each path, show only whether it was modified, added, or deleted

−−stat

Show a histogram of the changes

−−types

For each path, show only its type before and after

The diff is shown as two letters. The first letter indicates the type before and the second letter indicates the type after. '−' indicates that the path was not present, 'F' represents a regular file, ‘L' represents a symlink, 'C' represents a conflict, and 'G' represents a Git submodule.

−−name−only

For each path, show only its path

Typically useful for shell commands like: ‘jj diff −r @− −−name−only | xargs perl −pi −e's/OLD/NEW/g‘

−−git

Show a Git−format diff

−−color−words

Show a word−level diff with changes indicated only by color

−−tool <TOOL>

Generate diff by external command

A builtin format can also be specified as ‘:<name>‘. For example, ‘−−tool=:git‘ is equivalent to ‘−−git‘.

−−context <CONTEXT>

Number of lines of context to show

−w, −−ignore−all−space

Ignore whitespace when comparing lines

−b, −−ignore−space−change

Ignore changes in amount of whitespace when comparing lines

GLOBAL OPTIONS

−R, −−repository <REPOSITORY>

Path to repository to operate on

By default, Jujutsu searches for the closest .jj/ directory in an ancestor of the current working directory.

−−ignore−working−copy

Don't snapshot the working copy, and don't update it

By default, Jujutsu snapshots the working copy at the beginning of every command. The working copy is also updated at the end of the command, if the command modified the working−copy commit (‘@‘). If you want to avoid snapshotting the working copy and instead see a possibly stale working−copy commit, you can use ‘−−ignore−working−copy‘. This may be useful e.g. in a command prompt, especially if you have another process that commits the working copy.

Loading the repository at a specific operation with ‘−−at−operation‘ implies ‘−−ignore−working−copy‘.

−−ignore−immutable

Allow rewriting immutable commits

By default, Jujutsu prevents rewriting commits in the configured set of immutable commits. This option disables that check and lets you rewrite any commit but the root commit.

This option only affects the check. It does not affect the ‘immutable_heads()‘ revset or the ‘immutable‘ template keyword.

−−at−operation <AT_OPERATION>

Operation to load the repo at

Operation to load the repo at. By default, Jujutsu loads the repo at the most recent operation, or at the merge of the divergent operations if any.

You can use ‘−−at−op=<operation ID>‘ to see what the repo looked like at an earlier operation. For example ‘jj −−at−op=<operation ID> st‘ will show you what ‘jj st‘ would have shown you when the given operation had just finished. ‘−−at−op=@‘ is pretty much the same as the default except that divergent operations will never be merged.

Use ‘jj op log‘ to find the operation ID you want. Any unambiguous prefix of the operation ID is enough.

When loading the repo at an earlier operation, the working copy will be ignored, as if ‘−−ignore−working−copy‘ had been specified.

It is possible to run mutating commands when loading the repo at an earlier operation. Doing that is equivalent to having run concurrent commands starting at the earlier operation. There's rarely a reason to do that, but it is possible.

−−debug

Enable debug logging

−−color <WHEN>

When to colorize output

[possible values: always, never, debug, auto]

−−quiet

Silence non−primary command output

For example, ‘jj file list‘ will still list files, but it won't tell you if the working copy was snapshotted or if descendants were rebased.

Warnings and errors will still be printed.

−−no−pager

Disable the pager

−−config <NAME=VALUE>

Additional configuration options (can be repeated)

The name should be specified as TOML dotted keys. The value should be specified as a TOML expression. If string value isn't enclosed by any TOML constructs (such as array notation), quotes can be omitted.

−−config−file <PATH>

Additional configuration files (can be repeated)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se