Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2026, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHwyqnV2J2d+ZHEOfMOe6xZPdfP54AfJ0GnyhfTwFmPVyQ9Y-Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <akIQLM6xZTHBudWT@pks.im>

> Yeah, I agree that we should punt on merge commits for now. They are a
> can of worms, and I'm not sure that we should just squash them. I would
> at least like the user to ask a flag that tells us that it's fine
> squashing those.

Do you mean not even handling simple merges that are fully within the range? I'm already handling those, so remove?

Harald

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