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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2026, 05:50 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwlvhzyhz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <4edf012b77fd2f2fb2a51eb10863bbf852fffa40.1782635349.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
>
> By default "git history squash" reuses the oldest commit's message.
> When --reedit-message is given it only reopened that one message, so the
> messages of the folded-in commits were lost.
>
> Gather the messages of every commit in the range, oldest first, and use
> them as the editor template when re-editing, mirroring how "git rebase
> -i" presents a squash.

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".