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# Rewind
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The `/rewind` command allows you to go back to a previous state in your
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conversation and, optionally, revert any file changes made by the AI during
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those interactions. This is a powerful tool for undoing mistakes, exploring
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different approaches, or simply cleaning up your session history.
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## Usage
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To use the rewind feature, simply type `/rewind` into the input prompt and press
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**Enter**.
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Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut: **Press `Esc` twice**.
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## Interface
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When you trigger a rewind, an interactive list of your previous interactions
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appears.
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1. **Select Interaction:** Use the **Up/Down arrow keys** to navigate through
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the list. The most recent interactions are at the bottom.
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2. **Preview:** As you select an interaction, you'll see a preview of the user
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prompt and, if applicable, the number of files changed during that step.
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3. **Confirm Selection:** Press **Enter** on the interaction you want to rewind
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back to.
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4. **Action Selection:** After selecting an interaction, you'll be presented
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with a confirmation dialog with up to three options:
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- **Rewind conversation and revert code changes:** Reverts both the chat
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history and the file modifications to the state before the selected
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interaction.
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- **Rewind conversation:** Only reverts the chat history. File changes are
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kept.
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- **Revert code changes:** Only reverts the file modifications. The chat
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history is kept.
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- **Do nothing (esc):** Cancels the rewind operation.
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If no code changes were made since the selected point, the options related to
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reverting code changes will be hidden.
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## Key Considerations
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- **Destructive Action:** Rewinding is a destructive action for your current
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session history and potentially your files. Use it with care.
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- **Agent Awareness:** When you rewind the conversation, the AI model loses all
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memory of the interactions that were removed. If you only revert code changes,
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you may need to inform the model that the files have changed.
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- **Manual Edits:** Rewinding only affects file changes made by the AI's edit
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tools. It does **not** undo manual edits you've made or changes triggered by
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the shell tool (`!`).
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- **Compression:** Rewind works across chat compression points by reconstructing
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the history from stored session data.
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