How can I get the current changeid for scripting purpose?

[jbcdnr]

I would like to store the current change id in a variable to script something like:

jj git fetch
CURRENT_CHANGEID=...
jj new main
jj move --from $CURRENT_CHANGEID a_file
jj describe -m 'Description'
jj git push -c @

The closest I could get is jj log -l 1 --template 'self.change_id()' but there is still the leading ◉ in front. Is there a better way to do this?

Thank you!

[jbcdnr]

A workaround

jj new
jj move --from @- a_file
jj describe -m 'Description'
jj git fetch
jj rebase -r @ -d main
jj git push -c @

and there is probably a way to do it with split.

[arxanas]

Also feel free to discuss at #3814 if you have thoughts.

[yuja]

Use log --no-graph to suppress graph output. And yes, split and rebase will probably work.

[jbcdnr]

Thank you for pointing me to--no-graph. Complete solution:

jj log -l 1 --template 'self.change_id()' --no-graph

[martinvonz]

-r @ is better than -l 1 because I don't think the first commit is necessarily the current commit.

[ilyagr]

I'd also add --color=never.