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# Operation log
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## Introduction
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Jujutsu records each operation that modifies the repo in the "operation log".
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You can see the log with `jj op log`. Each operation object contains a snapshot
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of how the repo looked at the end of the operation. We call this snapshot a
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"view" object. The view contains information about where each branch, tag, and
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Git ref (in Git-backed repos) pointed, as well as the set of heads in the repo,
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and the current working-copy commit in each workspace. The operation object also
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(in addition to the view) contains pointers to the operation(s) immediately
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before it, as well as metadata about the operation, such as timestamps,
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username, hostname, description.
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The operation log allows you to undo an operation (`jj [op] undo`), which doesn't
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need to be the most recent one. It also lets you restore the entire repo to the
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way it looked at an earlier point (`jj op restore`).
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When referring to operations, you can use `@` to represent the current operation
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as well as the `-` operator (e.g. `@-`) to get the parent of an operation.
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## Concurrent operations
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One benefit of the operation log (and the reason for its creation) is that it
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allows lock-free concurrency -- you can run concurrent `jj` commands without
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corrupting the repo, even if you run the commands on different machines that
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access the repo via a distributed file system (as long as the file system
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guarantees that a write is only visible once previous writes are visible). When
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you run a `jj` command, it will start by loading the repo at the latest
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operation. It will not see any changes written by concurrent commands. If there
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are conflicts, you will be informed of them by subsequent `jj st` and/or
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`jj log` commands.
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As an example, let's say you had started editing the description of a change and
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then also update the contents of the change (maybe because you had forgotten the
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editor). When you eventually close your editor, the command will succeed and
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e.g. `jj log` will indicate that the change has diverged.
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## Loading an old version of the repo
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The top-level `--at-operation/--at-op` option allows you to load the repo at a
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specific operation. This can be useful for understanding how your repo got into
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the current state. It can be even more useful for understanding why someone
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else's repo got into its current state.
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When you use `--at-op`, the automatic snapshotting of the working copy will not
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take place. When referring to a revision with the `@` symbol (as many commands
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do by default), that will resolve to the working-copy commit recorded in the
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operation's view (which is actually how it always works -- it's just the
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snapshotting that's skipped with `--at-op`).
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As a top-level option, `--at-op` can be passed to any command. However, you
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will typically only want to run read-only commands. For example, `jj log`,
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`jj st`, and `jj diff` all make sense. It's still possible to run e.g.
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`jj --at-op=<some operation ID> describe`. That's equivalent to having started
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`jj describe` back when the specified operation was the most recent operation
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and then let it run until now (which can be done for that particular command by
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not closing the editor). There's practically no good reason to do that other
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than to simulate concurrent commands.
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