# gg

7 Hacker News commenters recommended gg and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for efficient Jujutsu browsing and squashing, as a console.log replacement, and as a gh CLI alternative, though it only shows traditional diffs.

## Why people recommend it

- Efficient Jujutsu repository browsing and squashing (2 comments): "GG makes that kind of repository browsing — and certain squash operations — much more efficient for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765780)) "when I dragged and dropped a bookmark in `gg` then a light went on in my head" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844734))

## What people warn about

- Only traditional diff, no side-by-side (1 comments): "I use gg for this but I'd prefer a side-by-side diff and, ATM it only has a traditional diff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45883480))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [fzf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fzf.md): 78 recommend
- [jq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jq.md): 75 recommend
- [grep](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grep.md): 65 recommend
- [Atuin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atuin.md): 63 recommend
- [GitHub CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-cli.md): 49 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "gg", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gg/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).