jj repo does not show any .git directory?

[halloleo]

I am new to jj and want to give it a try. From my understanding it works currently on top of git (so that others -- or a future me --can do their version control of the repo via git).

I have created a new Jujutsu repo with jj git init, then defined the current state with jj describe, then set up a new state with jj new.

Now I look into my repo but I cannot find any .git directopry in the directory, only a .jj directory.

How can others interact with the repo via git? Or do I do anything wrong?

Many thanks for any pointers!

[imp]

For the "colocated" repo (created with jj git init --colocated, which should be default starting next release I think) you indeed will find .git in the root of the repo.
For the "non-colocated" repo (the one that you created apparently) jj places it inside .jj hierarcy - you can always find it by running jj git root.
So I would imaging you'll need to call git command like this:
git -C $(jj git root) <git command>

[halloleo]

Thanks for this. Makes sense.

So for git participants in my repo to avoid

git -C $(jj git root) <git command>

I should create the whole version control structures via jj git init --colocated.

Then the people who use git in my new repo can just do as normal

git <git command>

correct?

[halloleo]

One more question: When I have already created the .jj structure without --colocated, can I then afterwards instruct jj to move the git directory up to the jj root?

[joyously]

There is a PR for a colocate command. The steps are described at https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/git-compatibility/#converting-a-repo-into-a-co-located-repo

[halloleo]

Thanks a lot, @joyously. The steps from the doco link seem to work. 😄