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Majutsu NEWS – History of notable and user-visible changes

[Unreleased]

Added

• Bookmarks: Add majutsu-bookmark-advance for jj bookmark advance, plus majutsu-bookmark-advance-to for the explicit --to form and majutsu-bookmark-advance-patterns for explicit bookmark name/pattern selection with the configured default target.
• Commands: Add majutsu-revert transient for jj revert with source revision selection and destination placement options (--onto / --insert-after / --insert-before).
• Commands: Add majutsu-metaedit transient for jj metaedit. It targets a single revision from the region, point, or @ fallback and exposes metadata edit/update flags.
• Commands: Add majutsu-simplify-parents transient with both --source and --revisions options.
• File inspection: Add majutsu-find-file-other-window and majutsu-find-file-other-frame for opening blob buffers in another window or frame.
• Log: Add visible DAG relation navigation. [ jumps to a parent revision and ] jumps to a child revision, prompting when multiple visible targets exist.
• Log: Add semantic copy commands under the log dispatcher copy submenu for section values, rendered fields, hidden entry fields, commit hashes, and visible modules.
• JJ descriptions: Add save/history/search/diff commands for description buffers, including majutsu-jjdescription-save-message, majutsu-jjdescription-prev-message, majutsu-jjdescription-next-message, majutsu-jjdescription-search-message-backward, majutsu-jjdescription-search-message-forward, and majutsu-jjdescription-show-diff.
• Template DSL: Add first-class anonymous functions, concise [:|arg| body] syntax, compile-time lambda application, and majutsu-template-defspecial.

Changed

• Workspace: Workspace lists now show resolved roots when available and treat unavailable roots as empty data instead of raw jj errors. Internally this now uses one structured jj workspace list -T parse pipeline.
• Log folding: Preserve display-only graph prefixes when folding and unfolding log commits, including via Evil / evil-collection section commands.
• Log: Add the tail module for right-aligned auxiliary fields and use display-only prefixes for graph/body indentation so ordinary copying and cursor movement see semantic content.
• Log: Store field/column/entry/decoration metadata on rendered spans and always keep hidden id, commit-id, and parent-ids transport data available for copy and relation-navigation commands.
• Log: Repeated fields can now render differently in different modules. Majutsu decodes transport values before running each column’s :post handlers.
• Template DSL: Rework implicit self around explicit/bindable receivers and owner-bound extension definitions; local log helpers now use that lowering model.
• Template DSL: Lower higher-order forms through the core lambda/method machinery and add semantic type propagation for helper arguments, method chains, list elements, and deferred lambda specialization.
• Template DSL: Align builtin helper, method, conversion, and operator metadata with upstream jj, including option/list receivers, RefSymbol, literal-only parameters, if(), and helper return types.

Removed

• File inspection: Remove majutsu-find-file-at-point; use majutsu-find-file, which still defaults revset/path from context.
• Diff: Remove the dedicated v binding from diff file sections, following Magit’s split between explicit file commands and diff-specific visits.
• Log: Remove majutsu-log-field-faces; configure field faces directly in majutsu-log-commit-columns using each field’s :face property.

Fixed

• Transients: Use a consistent RET execute binding in majutsu-squash and majutsu-split while keeping s.
• Ediff: Quitting majutsu-ediff-resolve without edits no longer writes a resolved result, so conflicts stay unresolved.
• Ediff: Edited merge sessions now ask before saving, and partial resolutions keep remaining conflicts as jj-parseable git-style markers.
• Evil: Restore evil-collection-style diff-context bindings in majutsu-diff-mode: + adds context, = removes context, and ~ resets to the default.

[0.6.0] - 2026-02-09

Added

• Prompt for passwords/passphrases in the minibuffer during jj operations, with auth-source support.
• In majutsu-squash transient:
  • Add toggle-option for -r.
• In majutsu-diff transient:
  • Support --ignore-space-change (-b) and --ignore-all-space (-w) arguments.
  • Add fileset limiting via --.
• Revset completion candidates now show source labels (pseudo/workspace/bookmark/tag).
• In majutsu-diff buffers:
  • Add majutsu-color-words backend with -W toggle in the diff transient.
  • Add color-words line/column-aware navigation for RET / C-j visits.
  • Add a shadow cursor for refined color-words hunks (uses smerge-refine-shadow-cursor).
• Add majutsu-file blob inspection workflow:
  • Add majutsu-find-file / majutsu-find-file-at-point for revision-aware file viewing.
  • Add blob buffer history navigation (p / n) and workspace jump (V).
  • Add e to edit a blob’s revision via jj diffedit (no jj edit).
• Add majutsu-annotate workflow with chunk navigation, style cycling, and forward recursive tracing toward parent revisions.
• Add majutsu-blob-visit-magit to open magit blob buffers in majutsu blob buffers.
• Add majutsu-ediff transient:
  • Add context-aware compare (majutsu-ediff-dwim).
  • Add jj diffedit integration using Emacs/Ediff as diff editor.
  • Add conflict resolve entrypoints (m / M).
• Add majutsu-sparse transient and list buffer for jj sparse pattern management.
• Add majutsu-conflict parser/minor-mode for JJ conflict markers:
  • Add conflict navigation, keep-side commands, and word-level refine.
  • Auto-select majutsu-conflict-mode vs smerge-mode based on marker style.
• Highlight JJ description buffers (summary, JJ comments, change list) using git-commit faces.
  • Add global mode to manage JJ description setup hooks.
  • Allow configuring JJ description major mode and Change ID face.
  • Allow configuring JJ description comment prefix for comment commands.
  • Highlight JJ ignore-rest and diffstat summary lines.
• Add majutsu-absorb transient for jj absorb with --from / --into plus fileset limiting.
• Workspace root detection now uses jj workspace root --name to leverage newer jj workspace-name-aware root resolution behavior.

Changed

• Keybinding changes:
  • a now runs majutsu-absorb in Emacs and Evil Majutsu buffers.
  • Emacs k remains majutsu-abandon; Evil keeps x for abandon.
  • O now runs majutsu-new-dwim in log mode (was N globally).
  • D now runs majutsu-diff-dwim in log mode (was global).
  • Y now runs majutsu-duplicate-dwim in log mode (was global).
  • o now runs majutsu-new transient globally.
• majutsu-abandon now respects active region selection to abandon multiple changesets at once.
• In majutsu-new transient:
  • Parent revision key changed from p to r.
  • Action key changed from n to o.
  • majutsu-new-execute now auto-fills -r from the commit at point when invoked outside the transient.
• Buffer display now follows Magit’s display-buffer model:
  • Replaced majutsu-display-functions with majutsu-display-buffer-function (traditional/same-window-except-diff/fullframe/topleft/fullcolumn).
  • Added majutsu-pre-display-buffer-hook and majutsu-post-display-buffer-hook.
  • Added majutsu-bury-buffer-function with Magit-style window lifecycle handling and majutsu-mode-quit-window.
  • Updated q to use majutsu-mode-bury-buffer in Majutsu buffers and blob buffers.
  • Switched JJ description buffers to use switch-to-buffer display behavior.
• Diffedit buffers now finish on save by default (see majutsu-edit-finish-on-save).
• Blob buffers now use a wdired-style editable mode:
  • e (or C-x C-q) enters editable blob mode.
  • Saving applies changes through jj diffedit and exits edit mode.
  • majutsu-blob-edit-exit (C-x C-q in editable mode) mirrors wdired exit behavior.
  • In Evil normal state, i enters editable blob mode and stays in normal state.
  • Editable mode uses Dirvish-style cursor hints: both cursor-type and Evil normal cursor are updated.

Fixed

• Diff DWIM now only inherits range/filesets from the current diff buffer, and context adjustments (+/-/0) no longer update global defaults.
• majutsu-tpl now evaluates embedded Elisp in templates at runtime.

[0.5.0] - 2026-01-09

Release highlights

• Interactive Patching: Select specific hunks, files, or regions within diff buffers for Split, Squash, and Restore operations. Provides Magit-style partial staging workflow for Jujutsu.
• Workspace Support: Full jj workspace integration with list/add/forget/rename/visit commands.
• Split & Restore Transients: New transients for jj split and jj restore with visual revision selection.

Added

• Added majutsu-split transient (S) for splitting revisions with interactive hunk/region selection.
• Added majutsu-restore transient (R) with --from, --to, and --changes-in support.
• Added interactive patching in diff buffers for partial split/squash/restore operations (majutsu-interactive.el).
• Added workspace support (jj workspace): list/add/forget/rename/visit and log integration via the Z / % menu (majutsu-workspace.el).
• Added majutsu-workspace-search-directories to help Visit locate workspace directories on disk.
• Added DWIM variants: majutsu-new-dwim, majutsu-duplicate-dwim, majutsu-diff-dwim.
• Added buffer lifecycle hooks: majutsu-create-buffer-hook, majutsu-setup-buffer-hook, majutsu-post-create-buffer-hook, majutsu-refresh-buffer-hook.
• Added locked buffer support via majutsu-buffer-locked-p and majutsu-buffer-value.
• Added majutsu-display-functions for customizable buffer display per buffer kind.
• Added majutsu-log-field-faces for customizable log field colors.
• Added --stat and --git as default diff arguments.
• Added -r (revision) argument support in squash transient.
• Added -o, -A, -B (onto/after/before) support in squash transient.
• Added split -r, -b, -s arguments in rebase transient.
• Added majutsu-confirm for confirmation prompts.

Changed

• Renamed transient commands: removed -transient suffix (e.g., majutsu-squash-transient → majutsu-squash, majutsu-rebase-transient → majutsu-rebase).
• Keybinding changes in dispatcher (?):
  • C now runs majutsu-commit (was c)
  • c now runs majutsu-describe (was d)
  • C-? now runs majutsu-redo (was R)
  • N now runs majutsu-new-dwim (was majutsu-new)
  • n now runs majutsu-new (was majutsu-new-transient)
  • Y now runs majutsu-duplicate-dwim (was majutsu-duplicate)
  • y now runs majutsu-duplicate (was majutsu-duplicate-transient)
  • Added S for majutsu-split
  • Added R for majutsu-restore
  • Added Z for majutsu-workspace
• Evil keybinding changes:
  • R now runs majutsu-restore (was majutsu-refresh, use g r instead)
  • O now runs majutsu-new-dwim in log mode (was majutsu-new)
  • o now runs majutsu-new transient
  • * now runs majutsu-workspace
  • S now runs majutsu-split
• Refactored core modules:
  • Extracted majutsu-jj.el for JJ executable and toplevel utilities.
  • Extracted majutsu-jjdescription.el for description editing.
  • Extracted majutsu-selection.el from majutsu-log.el.
  • Added majutsu-section.el for section utilities.
  • Added majutsu-config.el for jj config access.
• Renamed majutsu-run-jj to majutsu-jj-string.
• Use jj workspace root to get repository root instead of internal .jj inspection.
• Selection sessions are now stored in transient scope instead of buffer-local.
• Log template now uses join template function.
• Updated bookmark transient for jj v0.37.0 compatibility.
• Diff context control: 0 now resets to default (was = for set), reads default from jj config.

Fixed

• Fixed diffstat truncated paths by resolving via diff headers.
• Fixed diffstat binary file display (jj style).
• Fixed bookmark list font-lock-mode not enabled.
• Fixed log template unicode character issue on Windows.
• Fixed jjdescription files excluded from recentf and better-jumper.
• Fixed selection session end not working properly.
• Fixed region toggle in selection.
• Fixed path expand in git-init.

[0.4.0] - 2025-12-18

Added

• Support for global --ignore-immutable flag in rebase, squash, new, and bookmark transients.
• Support for --ignore-immutable in majutsu-describe and majutsu-edit via prefix argument (C-u).
• Region sections selection in transient for commands now supports toggling more than one commits at once.
• Magit-style per-repository process buffer (majutsu-process-buffer, bond to $, or ` for evil) for inspecting jj command output and failures.

Changed

• Significant improvements to diff view rendering speed and memory usage.
  • Implemented “washing” to parse jj diff output directly in the buffer.
  • Added lazy font-locking (JIT) for diff highlighting.
  • Whitespace painting is now disabled for very large hunks to preserve responsiveness.
• Removed deprecated --allow-new flag from majutsu-git-push.
• Keybinding of majutsu-abandon changed from k to k / a.
• Replaced majutsu-enter-dwim with majutsu-visit-thing, and use section keymaps so RET does the right thing in log/diff buffers (edit commit, visit file, jump to hunk).
• Diffstat summary line is now displayed as the diffstat section heading.
• majutsu-log-refresh now restores point using section successors, keeping navigation stable across operations like abandon.

Fixed

• Trimmed timestamp strings (e.g., removing ” ago”) in right-margin display.
• In majutsu transients, pressing ESC / C-g while there is an active region deactivates the region (or exits visual state in evil) first instead of immediately quitting the transient.
• Fixed diffstat rendering (misaligned stat lines) in majutsu-diff when using combined jj diff --git --stat output.

[0.3.0] - 2025-11-25

Added

• Native evil support.
• Add asynchronous support for majutsu-log, majutsu-diff, majutsu-git-fetch and majutsu-git-push.
• Basic majutsu-op-log implementation.
• Added majutsu-hack-dir-local-variables, ignore trailing whitespace in majutsu buffers.
• majutsu-rebase-transient now can toggle source and destination argument type (-b -r -s / -o -A -B).
• majutsu-tpl (main entry of majutsu-template) add a optional self-type argument.
• Bound majutsu-diff to d.

Changed

• Keybinding of majutsu-describe changed from d to c.
• Keybinding of majutsu-commit changed from c to C.
• Keybinding of majutsu-undo changed from u to C-/.
• Keybinding of majutsu-redo changed from R to C-?.
• Keybinding of majutsu-abandon changed from a to k.
• Renamed majutsu-mode-transient to majutsu-dispatch.
• Renamed majutsu-goto-current to majutsu-log-goto-@.

Fixed

• majutsu-log-got-@ works based on output of jj log command.
• Keyword parsing in majutsu-template respects zero argument method chains.

[0.2.0] - 2025-11-20

Added

• Added a confirm action customization for abandon/redo/undo.
• Added majutsu-diff-transient.
• Added majutsu-new-transient.
• Added majutsu-duplicate-transient.
• Added revset, line limit and path filter argument for majutsu-log-transient.
• Added support for jj bookmark move --allow-backwards. Use m in majutsu-bookmark-transient to denote commands without flags, and use M for commands that include --allow-backwards.

Changed

• Depend on with-editor.
• majutsu-diff and majutsu-describe now can run outside of majutsu-log buffer.
• majutsu-log-refresh tracks the section from before the refresh to keep the visuals consistent.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where diff sections couldn’t be toggled/collapsed.
• Don’t strip leading spaces when parsing log graphs.
• Prefer change ID, and for divergent commits (with “??” as suffix) fallback to commit ID.

[0.1.0] - 2025-10-15

Added

• forked form bolivier/jj-mode.el
• majutsu-template