Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2026, 17:38 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpl19w8le.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7bnhz9jr.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I doubt it would make practical difference, but one thing I notice
>>> is that unlike "git rebase -i", this one does not intersperse
>>> markers like "# This is the 1st commit message" in between the
>>> messages taken from the squashed commits, so it is not exactly
>>> "mirroring".
>>
>> I wouldn't mind extracting that logic from 'rebase -i' to show it
>> here. It would be nice to have.
>
> If we can share more code (not necessarily the exact existing
> code---after cleaning it up if needed is perfectly fine and may even
> be better) across codebaes that would be excellent.  Thanks.

After looking at what Phillip said in a side thread (look for "So instead of ... We'd have") [*], I retract my "I doubt it would make practical difference". Without boundary that shows where each message begins, the result is much harder to look at.

[Reference]

 * https://lore.kernel.org/git/3b3af3ef-a043-4af9-964e-429237789c97@gmail.com/