jj abandon

jj abandon

Usage

jj abandon [OPTIONS] [REVISIONS]...

Abandons the specified revision(s). The changes are removed and descendants are rebased onto the parent.

Common Options

• [REVISIONS] - Revisions to abandon (default: @)
• -r, --revision <REVSET> - Alternative way to specify revisions
• --restore-descendants - Restore descendants that would become empty

Key Concepts

• Abandoning removes changes from history
• Descendants are automatically rebased onto the abandoned commit's parent
• Different from git reset - jj abandon is cleaner
• You can recover abandoned commits with jj undo

Common Patterns

# Abandon the working copy changes
jj abandon

# Abandon a specific revision
jj abandon abc123

# Abandon the parent commit
jj abandon @-

# Abandon multiple revisions
jj abandon abc123 def456

# Abandon a range of commits
jj abandon 'abc123::def456'

# Abandon all empty commits
jj abandon 'empty()'

Safety

• Abandoned commits can be recovered with jj undo
• You can see abandoned commits in jj op log
• Descendants are preserved by rebasing

Comparison with Git

• jj abandon @ is like git reset --hard HEAD^ but safer
• jj abandon + jj undo = safe experimentation

Guidelines

Warn the user if abandoning multiple commits. Show the log after to confirm the changes.