> we also ask the candidate to open a PR against the repo just to see if they know the basics of git -- you would be surprise how many people cannot do it

Will you allow jj instead. I switched to jj 1.5 years ago (as many others have), and my git is now rusty.

I mean sure, I can do add, commit, basic diff, etc. But rebase/merge - oh dear, I forget which one is source/target (jj made the infinite design choice that the ordering doesn't matter - you have two parents making a child - it's symmetric).