Re: [PATCH] rebase: convert revert to squash on autosquash

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > 	git revert -n deadbeef
> > 	git commit --squash deadbeef
> >
> > where "deadbeef" is the placeholder for the actual commit to revert.
> >
> > And indeed, I use exactly this song and dance quite frequently, *iff* my
> > intention is to drop a patch.
> >
> > A much better idea than co-opting the "Revert" commit message would be to
> > introduce a sibling to --fixup and --squash that you could call
> > --drop.
> 
> One could also add --fixup and --squash to "git revert", so the above
> would become
> 
>     git revert --squash deadbeef
> 
> In most cases, I find it simpler to just start a rebase -i and drop the
> commit from rebase's todo-list.