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jj-describe

TLDR

Describe current change

$ jj describe -m "[message]"
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Describe specific revision
$ jj describe -r [rev] -m "[message]"
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Open editor for description
$ jj describe
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Clear description
$ jj describe -m ""
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Describe with stdin
$ echo "[message]" | jj describe --stdin
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SYNOPSIS

jj describe [options]

DESCRIPTION

jj describe updates the description of a change. It sets or modifies the commit message equivalent.
The command opens an editor by default or accepts inline messages. Descriptions can be updated at any time.
jj describe sets change descriptions.

PARAMETERS

-m MESSAGE

Description message.
-r REV
Revision to describe.
--stdin
Read message from stdin.
--reset-author
Reset author to current user.
--help
Display help information.

CAVEATS

Subcommand of jj. Descriptions can be changed anytime. Empty description allowed.

HISTORY

jj describe is part of Jujutsu, enabling flexible change descriptions that can be modified throughout development.

SEE ALSO

jj(1), jj-new(1), jj-log(1)

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