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@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ systems into a single tool. Some of those sources of inspiration include:
   powerful and simple. Formatting output is done with a robust template language
   that can be configured by the user.
 
-- **Pijul & Darcs**: Jujutsu keeps track of conflicts as [first-class objects][conflicts]
-  in its model; they are first-class in the same way commits are, while
-  alternatives like Git simply think of conflicts as textual diffs. While not
-  as rigorous as based systems like Darcs and Pijul (which are based on
-  a formalized theory of patches, as opposed to snapshots), the effect is
-  that many forms of conflict resolution can be performed and propagated
+- **Pijul & Darcs**: Jujutsu keeps track of conflicts as [first-class
+  objects][conflicts] in its model; they are first-class in the same way commits
+  are, while alternatives like Git simply think of conflicts as textual diffs.
+  While not as rigorous as systems like Darcs and Pijul (which are based on a
+  formalized theory of patches, as opposed to snapshots), the effect is that
+  many forms of conflict resolution can be performed and propagated
   automatically.
 
 [perf]: https://github.com/martinvonz/jj/discussions/49