Comment by MrJohz

I've started recommending jj as a (git compatible) alternative to git, and one of the things I like about it is that the default action if you run `jj` with no arguments shows the relevant parts of the commit tree and where you are in it. This is a great reorientation tool, because you can see at a glance which commit you're working on right now, the branches and history associated with it, any other active branches in your repository, and for each you can see whether each commit had messages, changes associated with it, etc.

It's really powerful because it gives you precisely that visual layout that shows you what's going on in the repository, and what you're doing right now.