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

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 30, 2026, 07:19 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHwyqnVBEOm+FwD+i9Aa7edTvdnDPJom1zubcXgoExZnp--vWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> This is probably a larger question, since (according to the man page) it
> affects the other 'git history' commands as well.  When I run
> 'git history ...' and discover that I made a mistake after inspecting
> the results, is there a fool-proof way to undo the change and return to
> the previous state?  My first thought was to run 'git reset --hard ...',
> but the default behavior of --update-refs (moving other branches) can
> make this more complicated.

This is a larger question: But I would love to have a reflog that is more human-centered. When e.g. rebasing a series with N commits, it's very tricky in the reflog to find what was the state before that.

I feel like branch switching is given too much space in the reflog, since it's not a destructive action, I don't care about it.

And when handling multiple commits in on go (squashing, rebasing), I would love to see a visual hierarchy (with indentation for sub-steps) instead of treating each action as equally important when it isn't.

Harald