> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> revs.pretty_given is only ever read in builtin/log.c, and nothing from
> builtin/log.c is ever called from sequencer.c.  So setting this variable
> cannot do anything.

> This was introduced in commit 62db524779 ("rebase -i: generate the
> script via rebase--helper", 2017-07-14), which used `git rev-list` even
> though its commit message describes the logic as having been based on
> `git log`.  Because of this, I am guessing this line was copied or
> ported from part of builtin/log.c without recognizing that this line was
> not doing anything and could be removed.
>
> It's certainly not doing anything now, though, so remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> ---
>     sequencer: remove unnecessary variable setting
>     
>     Random thing I noticed a few years ago, I believe while investigating
>     our tangled web of revision fields and parsing. Either way, it's still
>     valid and I'm finally sending it upstream.
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1922%2Fnewren%2Fsequencer-remove-unnecessary-setting-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1922/newren/sequencer-remove-unnecessary-setting-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1922
>
>  sequencer.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 83c3849205..a0abcc69ce 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -6277,7 +6277,6 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out,
>  	revs.sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
>  	revs.topo_order = 1;
>  
> -	revs.pretty_given = 1;
>  	repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "rebase.instructionFormat", &format);
>  	if (!format || !*format) {
>  		free(format);
>
> base-commit: 2c78326f810173a4f3aefd8021f1e07575412481

> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 83c3849205..a0abcc69ce 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -6277,7 +6277,6 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out,
>  	revs.sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
>  	revs.topo_order = 1;
>  
> -	revs.pretty_given = 1;
>  	repo_config_get_string(the_repository, "rebase.instructionFormat", &format);
>  	if (!format || !*format) {
>  		free(format);