File journal interface for synchronizing content

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a client device to synchronize operations pertaining to content items associated with a user account registered at a content management system, the request comprising the operations pertaining to the content items and a cursor identifying a current position of the client device in a journal of revisions on the content management system;

based on the operations, generating a set of linearized operations associated with the content items, the set of linearized operations comprising a respective operation derived for each content item from one or more of the operations;

converting each respective operation in the set of linearized operations to a respective revision for the journal of revisions, the respective revision comprising a row of values in the journal reflecting the respective operation;

based on the cursor, determining that each respective revision has no conflicts with one or more revisions in the journal and that the current position in the journal comprises a last revision in the journal associated with a respective namespace;

identifying a previous revision in the journal which corresponds to the respective namespace and a same content item as the respective revision;

comparing a first revision number identified in the cursor for the respective namespace with a highest revision number in the journal corresponding to the respective namespace, the first revision number indicating the current position of the client device in the journal for the respective namespace;

determining that the first revision number identified in the cursor for the respective namespace is higher than the highest revision number in the journal corresponding to the respective namespace;

identifying the previous revision based on the highest revision number, the previous revision corresponding to the highest revision number;

determining that the previous revision and the respective revision result in a valid sequence of revisions;

adding the respective revision to the journal;

generating a second set of linearized operations associated with the content items reflecting a second set of respective revisions;

generating a second cursor identifying a second position in the journal of revisions based on the second set of linearized operations; and

sending, to the client device, the second set of linearized operations and the second cursor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cursor identifies the current position in the journal based on a respective namespace identifier of one or more namespaces associated with the user account and a respective revision number associated with the respective namespace identifier.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether each respective revision conflicts with one or more revisions in the journal comprises:

identifying a respective namespace associated with the respective revision; and

based on the cursor, determining whether the current position in the journal comprises a last revision in the journal associated with the respective namespace.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that a particular revision conflicts with one or more revisions in the journal when the current position in the journal does not comprise the last revision in the journal associated with a namespace of the particular revision.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the row of values comprises respective values for a plurality of fields in the journal, the respective values being calculated based on the respective operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective operation for a particular content item is derived from a plurality of the operations associated with the particular content item, the respective operation being based on a result of the plurality of the operations when executed in a linear order.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second cursor identifies current revisions in the journal associated with one or more namespaces.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

receive a request from a client device to synchronize operations pertaining to content items associated with a user account registered at the system, the request comprising the operations associated with the content items and a cursor identifying a current position of the client device in a journal of revisions on the system;

based on the operations, generate a set of linearized operations associated with the content items, the set of linearized operations comprising a respective operation derived for each of the content items derived from one or more of the operations and that the current position in the journal comprises a last revision in the journal associated with a respective namespace;

identify a previous revision in the journal which corresponds to the respective namespace and a same content item as the respective operation;

compare a first revision number identified in the cursor for the respective namespace with a highest revision number in the journal corresponding to the respective namespace, the first revision number indicating the current position of the client device in the journal for the respective namespace;

determine that the first revision number identified in the cursor for the respective namespace is higher than the highest revision number in the journal corresponding to the respective namespace;

identify the previous revision based on the highest revision number, the previous revision corresponding to the highest revision number;

determine that the previous revision and the respective operation result in a valid sequence of revisions;

convert each respective operation in the set of linearized operations to a respective revision for the journal of revisions, the respective revision comprising a row of values in the journal reflecting the respective operation;

based on the cursor, determine that the respective revision has no conflicts with one or more revisions in the journal;

add the respective revision to the journal;

generate a second set of linearized operations associated with the content items reflecting a second set of respective revisions;

generate a second cursor identifying a second position in the journal of revisions based on the second set of linearized operations; and

send, to the client device, the second set of linearized operations and the second cursor.

9. The system of claim 8 , claim 1 , wherein the cursor identifies the current position in the journal based on a respective namespace identifier of one or more namespaces associated with the user account and a respective revision number associated with the respective namespace identifier.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the respective revision conflicts with one or more revisions in the journal comprises:

identifying a respective namespace associated with the respective operation; and

based on the cursor, determining whether the current position in the journal comprises a last revision in the journal associated with the respective namespace.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the respective operation for a particular content item is derived from a plurality of the operations associated with the particular content item, the respective operation being based on a result of the plurality of the operations when executed in a linear order.