# Jujutsu v0.42.0

- Product: Jujutsu (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/jujutsu)
- Vendor: jj-vcs
- Date: 2026-06-04
- Version: v0.42.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/releases/tag/v0.42.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/jujutsu/releases/v0.42.0

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- **changed** — Switched to the mimalloc memory allocator for better multi-threaded performance
- **removed** — Removed deprecated command options: jj commit --reset-author/--author, jj describe --no-edit/--edit/--reset-author/--author, jj git push --allow-new, and jj metaedit --update-committer-timestamp
- **removed** — Removed deprecated config options: git.auto-local-bookmark and git.push-new-bookmarks
- **deprecated** — jj evolog no longer supports legacy commit predecessors recorded in jj < 0.30
- **added** — Shell completions now surface descriptions for custom aliases, revset-aliases, template-aliases, and fileset-aliases extracted from the .doc field
- **changed** — jj show now accepts multiple revisions, showing all of them one after the other, behaving closer to git show
- **added** — jj git fetch now generates evolution history based on change IDs and rebases local descendant revisions onto rewritten parents when change IDs are preserved by the remote
- **added** — Added jj util backend name command that prints the commit backend being used in the current repo
- **added** — Added edit-invocation-mode config option for diff editors with file-by-file mode to launch the editor once per changed file
- **fixed** — jj git remote add now reports an error instead of panicking when the remote name is empty or contains whitespace
- **fixed** — Color-words diffs are now shown as separate before and after lines when color output is disabled
- **fixed** — jj bookmark forget no longer prints Forgot N local bookmarks message when no local bookmarks were actually forgotten
- **fixed** — The builtin_log_redacted template now also redacts workspace names

###### About

jj is a Git-compatible version control system that is both simple and powerful. See
the [installation instructions](https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/v0.42.0/install-and-setup/) to get started.

###### Release highlights

* Switched to the mimalloc memory allocator for better multi-threaded
  performance.

###### Breaking changes

* The following deprecated command options have been removed:
  - `jj commit --reset-author`/`--author`
  - `jj describe --no-edit`/`--edit`/`--reset-author`/`--author`
  - `jj git push --allow-new`
  - `jj metaedit --update-committer-timestamp`

* The following deprecated config options have been removed:
  - `git.auto-local-bookmark`
  - `git.push-new-bookmarks`

###### Deprecations

* `jj evolog` no longer supports legacy commit predecessors recorded in `jj` <
  0.30.

###### New features

* Shell completions now surface descriptions for custom aliases,
  revset-aliases, template-aliases, and fileset-aliases. Descriptions are
  extracted from the `.doc` field of the alias definition if it is a table
  with `.doc` and `.definition` properties.

* `jj show` now accepts multiple revisions, showing all of them one after the
  other, behaving closer to `git show`.

* `jj git fetch` now generates evolution history based on change IDs. If change
  IDs are preserved by the remote, local descendant revisions will be rebased
  onto the rewritten parents.

* Added `jj util backend name` command that prints the commit backend being used
  in the current repo.

* Added `edit-invocation-mode` config option for diff editors (e.g.
  `jj diffedit`, `jj split`). When set to `"file-by-file"`, the editor is
  launched once per changed file, making it possible to use per-file tools like
  `vimdiff` for editing.

###### Fixed bugs

* `jj git remote add` now reports an error instead of panicking when the
  remote name is empty or contains whitespace.
  [#9099](https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/issues/9099)

* Color-words diffs are now shown as separate before and after lines when color
  output is disabled, making piped or redirected diffs readable.
  [#5894](https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/issues/5894)

* `jj bookmark forget` no longer prints `Forgot N local bookmarks.` when no
  local bookmarks were actually forgotten (e.g. when only an untracked remote
  bookmark matched). [#9181](https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/issues/9181).

* The `builtin_log_redacted` template now also redacts workspace names.

###### Contributors

Thanks to the people who made this release happen!

* Alex Jaspersen (@ajaspers)
* Archer (@archer-321)
* ase (@adamse)
* Austin Seipp (@thoughtpolice)
* David Rieber (@drieber)
* Eyüp Can Akman (@eyupcanakman)
* Jakub Stasiak (@jstasiak)
* James Dixon (@lemonase)
* Joseph Lou (@josephlou5)
* Laurynas Keturakis (@laulauland)
* Luna Schwalbe (@lunagl)
* Martin von Zweigbergk (@martinvonz)
* Niko Savola (@nikosavola)
* OlshaMB (@OlshaMB)
* Sergey Kasmy (@SergeyKasmy)
* truffle (@truffle-dev)
* Vincent Ging Ho Yim (@cenviity)
* Yuya Nishihara (@yuja)