From: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:10:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Precious files and the .jj directory
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or am I missing some case where this comes up?  Is one of the edge
> cases for the handling of untracked files biting you?

If I understood the discussion correctly, it typically happens in what
we call "colocated repos" [1], where `.git/` and `.jj/` are siblings.
I just sent https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/pull/7071 to at least warn
against running `git clean -fdx` when creating such setups.

[1] https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/git-compatibility/#co-located-jujutsugit-repos