From: Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: christian.couder@gmail.com, ps@pks.im, newren@gmail.com,
gitster@pobox.com, phillip.wood123@gmail.com,
karthik.188@gmail.com, johannes.schindelin@gmx.de,
toon@iotcl.com, Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:34:00 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324220401.47040-2-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324220401.47040-1-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
The logic for formatting revert commit messages (handling "Revert" and
"Reapply" cases, appending "This reverts commit <ref>.", and handling
merge-parent references) currently lives inline in do_pick_commit().
The upcoming replay --revert mode needs to reuse this logic.
Extract all of this into a new sequencer_format_revert_message()
function. The function takes a repository, the subject line, commit,
parent, a use_commit_reference flag, and the output strbuf. It handles
both regular reverts ("Revert "<subject>"") and revert-of-revert cases
("Reapply "<subject>""), and uses refer_to_commit() internally to
format the commit reference.
Update refer_to_commit() to take a struct repository parameter instead
of relying on the_repository, and a bool instead of reading from
replay_opts directly. This makes it usable from the new shared function
without pulling in sequencer-specific state.
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
---
sequencer.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
sequencer.h | 13 +++++++++
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index aafd0bc959..7bf9d6ad19 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2206,15 +2206,16 @@ static int should_edit(struct replay_opts *opts) {
return opts->edit;
}
-static void refer_to_commit(struct replay_opts *opts,
- struct strbuf *msgbuf, struct commit *commit)
+static void refer_to_commit(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *msgbuf,
+ const struct commit *commit,
+ bool use_commit_reference)
{
- if (opts->commit_use_reference) {
+ if (use_commit_reference) {
struct pretty_print_context ctx = {
.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV,
.date_mode.type = DATE_SHORT,
};
- repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, commit,
+ repo_format_commit_message(r, commit,
"%h (%s, %ad)", msgbuf, &ctx);
} else {
strbuf_addstr(msgbuf, oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
@@ -2364,38 +2365,14 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r,
*/
if (command == TODO_REVERT) {
- const char *orig_subject;
-
base = commit;
base_label = msg.label;
next = parent;
next_label = msg.parent_label;
- if (opts->commit_use_reference) {
- strbuf_commented_addf(&ctx->message, comment_line_str,
- "*** SAY WHY WE ARE REVERTING ON THE TITLE LINE ***");
- } else if (skip_prefix(msg.subject, "Revert \"", &orig_subject) &&
- /*
- * We don't touch pre-existing repeated reverts, because
- * theoretically these can be nested arbitrarily deeply,
- * thus requiring excessive complexity to deal with.
- */
- !starts_with(orig_subject, "Revert \"")) {
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, "Reapply \"");
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, orig_subject);
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, "\n");
- } else {
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, "Revert \"");
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, msg.subject);
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, "\"\n");
- }
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, "\nThis reverts commit ");
- refer_to_commit(opts, &ctx->message, commit);
-
- if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next) {
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, ", reversing\nchanges made to ");
- refer_to_commit(opts, &ctx->message, parent);
- }
- strbuf_addstr(&ctx->message, ".\n");
+ sequencer_format_revert_message(r, msg.subject, commit,
+ parent,
+ opts->commit_use_reference,
+ &ctx->message);
} else {
const char *p;
@@ -5580,6 +5557,43 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct repository *r,
return res;
}
+void sequencer_format_revert_message(struct repository *r,
+ const char *subject,
+ const struct commit *commit,
+ const struct commit *parent,
+ bool use_commit_reference,
+ struct strbuf *message)
+{
+ const char *orig_subject;
+
+ if (use_commit_reference) {
+ strbuf_commented_addf(message, comment_line_str,
+ "*** SAY WHY WE ARE REVERTING ON THE TITLE LINE ***");
+ } else if (skip_prefix(subject, "Revert \"", &orig_subject) &&
+ /*
+ * We don't touch pre-existing repeated reverts, because
+ * theoretically these can be nested arbitrarily deeply,
+ * thus requiring excessive complexity to deal with.
+ */
+ !starts_with(orig_subject, "Revert \"")) {
+ strbuf_addstr(message, "Reapply \"");
+ strbuf_addstr(message, orig_subject);
+ strbuf_addstr(message, "\n");
+ } else {
+ strbuf_addstr(message, "Revert \"");
+ strbuf_addstr(message, subject);
+ strbuf_addstr(message, "\"\n");
+ }
+ strbuf_addstr(message, "\nThis reverts commit ");
+ refer_to_commit(r, message, commit, use_commit_reference);
+
+ if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next) {
+ strbuf_addstr(message, ", reversing\nchanges made to ");
+ refer_to_commit(r, message, parent, use_commit_reference);
+ }
+ strbuf_addstr(message, ".\n");
+}
+
void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, size_t ignore_footer, unsigned flag)
{
unsigned no_dup_sob = flag & APPEND_SIGNOFF_DEDUP;
diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index 719684c8a9..56cd50233a 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h
@@ -271,4 +271,17 @@ int sequencer_determine_whence(struct repository *r, enum commit_whence *whence)
*/
int sequencer_get_update_refs_state(const char *wt_dir, struct string_list *refs);
+/*
+ * Format a revert commit message with appropriate 'Revert "<subject>"' or
+ * 'Reapply "<subject>"' prefix and 'This reverts commit <ref>.' body.
+ * When use_commit_reference is set, <ref> is an abbreviated hash with
+ * subject and date; otherwise the full hex hash is used.
+ */
+void sequencer_format_revert_message(struct repository *r,
+ const char *subject,
+ const struct commit *commit,
+ const struct commit *parent,
+ bool use_commit_reference,
+ struct strbuf *message);
+
#endif /* SEQUENCER_H */
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-25 17:00 [PATCH 0/1] replay: add --revert option to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-25 17:00 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-25 19:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-25 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-25 19:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-25 20:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 19:31 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 19:28 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 19:26 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 21:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-27 19:23 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 11:10 ` Phillip Wood
2025-11-26 17:35 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-26 18:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 21:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 23:06 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-26 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 23:57 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-26 19:50 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 19:39 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-27 16:21 ` Phillip Wood
2025-11-27 19:24 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-25 17:25 ` [PATCH 0/1] " Johannes Schindelin
2025-11-25 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 19:18 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-26 21:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-27 19:21 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-27 20:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-28 8:07 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-28 8:24 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-11-28 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-28 17:07 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-28 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-28 22:03 ` Elijah Newren
2025-11-29 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-02 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] replay: add --revert mode " Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-02 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-05 11:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-07 23:00 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-08 7:07 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-11 13:03 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-11 13:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-11 15:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-11 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 22:53 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-02 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-05 11:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-07 23:03 ` Siddharth Asthana
2025-12-16 16:23 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-18 23:42 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-18 23:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-20 17:01 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-25 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-06 4:55 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-06 4:31 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-26 14:27 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-06 5:00 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-18 23:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-20 17:35 ` Toon Claes
2026-02-20 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 9:13 ` Christian Couder
2026-02-23 11:23 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-06 5:05 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-02-26 14:45 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-06 5:28 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-06 15:52 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-06 16:20 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-13 5:40 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-13 5:40 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-13 15:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-16 19:12 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-16 16:57 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-13 5:40 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-16 16:57 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-16 19:52 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-17 10:11 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-16 16:59 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Phillip Wood
2026-03-16 19:53 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-24 22:03 ` [PATCH v5 " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-24 22:04 ` Siddharth Asthana [this message]
2026-03-24 22:04 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 6:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-25 15:10 ` Toon Claes
2026-03-25 15:38 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 16:44 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-25 15:36 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-28 4:33 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes Siddharth Asthana
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