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Revsets Reference

Revsets are JJ's query language for selecting revisions.

jj help -k revsets    # Official documentation

Basic Selectors

@                     # Working copy
@-                    # Parent of @
@--                   # Grandparent
root()                # Root commit (empty ancestor)
<change-id>           # By change ID (e.g., abc, xyzmno)
<commit-id>           # By commit hash

Ancestry Operators

::@                   # All ancestors of @ (inclusive)
@::                   # All descendants of @ (inclusive)
@-::                  # Descendants of parent (siblings and their children)
<from>::<to>          # Range from..to (inclusive both ends)

# Exclusive variants
@-                    # Immediate parents only
@+                    # Immediate children only

Filter Functions

mine()                          # Your changes (by author)
heads(all())                    # All head revisions (no children)
roots(<revset>)                 # Roots of given revset
empty()                         # Empty revisions (no diff)
conflict()                      # Revisions with unresolved conflicts
immutable()                     # Immutable revisions (usually main, tags)
mutable()                       # Mutable revisions

# Text matching
description(substring:"text")   # Match in description
description(exact:"text")       # Exact description match
author(substring:"name")        # Match author name/email
committer(substring:"name")     # Match committer

# File-based
file("path/to/file")            # Revisions that modified this file
file("glob:src/*.rs")           # Glob pattern matching

Set Operations

A | B                 # Union: revisions in A OR B
A & B                 # Intersection: revisions in A AND B
A ~ B                 # Difference: revisions in A but NOT in B
~A                    # Complement: all revisions NOT in A

Useful Patterns

Working with branches

# Your work on current line
mine() & ::@

# What's on this branch but not in main
::@ ~ ::main

# Heads of your work (tips)
heads(mine())

# All your unmerged work
mine() ~ ::main

Finding specific changes

# Changes to a specific file
file("src/lib.rs")

# Your changes to src/ directory
file("src/") & mine()

# Empty TODO commits
empty() & description(substring:"[todo]")

# Commits with conflicts
conflict()

Navigation

# Recent commits (last 10 by default in log)
@ | @- | @-- | @---

# All siblings (same parent as @)
@-:: ~ @::

# Common ancestor of two revisions
heads(::A & ::B)

Remote tracking

# Remote main
main@origin

# What's in remote but not local
::main@origin ~ ::main

# What's local but not pushed
::main ~ ::main@origin

Quoting in Shell

Revsets with special characters need shell quoting:

# ❌ Shell interprets parentheses and quotes
jj log -r description(substring:"[todo]")

# ✅ Single quotes protect everything
jj log -r 'description(substring:"[todo]")'

# ✅ Double quotes with escaping
jj log -r "description(substring:\"[todo]\")"

# ✅ Simple revsets don't need quotes
jj log -r mine
jj log -r @-

Rule: When in doubt, wrap the entire revset in single quotes.