Telling people it's a tool to edit git repos makes it sound hackier than it is; not surprising they're nervous it'll break something.
Just tell them git makes mistakes easy, and jj makes them difficult.
Just tell them git makes mistakes easy, and jj makes them difficult.
Hence why I initially try to sell it as an addition to their toolbox, instead of as a replacement for their entire workflow.
Jj makes mistakes hard, but also makes it easy to just focus on your code and easily sort out anything git-related later as an after-thought.