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From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
	Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, Matt Hunter <m@lfurio.us>,
	Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
	Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
	Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v13 4/8] history: add skeleton for squash subcommand
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:39:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7d953b081ed312770dd03d827114bb3156195b8.1786088371.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2337.v13.git.git.1786088371.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

Add the entry point and option parsing for "git history squash". Pass
the remaining arguments through setup_revisions() so the command accepts
revision ranges and rev-list options, while restoring the ordering and
simplification settings required by the fold if an option changes them.

Require at least one BOTTOM revision. The squashed commit needs a commit
outside the selected range to serve as its base, so a single positive
revision is not a sufficient range.

Keep this step limited to defining the revision input contract so graph
validation and the rewrite can be added independently.

Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-history.adoc |  1 +
 builtin/history.c              | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 95 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-history.adoc b/Documentation/git-history.adoc
index 28b477cd37..b660baf94d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-history.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-history.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ git history drop <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--empty=(
 git history fixup <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--reedit-message] [--empty=(drop|keep|abort)]
 git history reword <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)]
 git history split <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--] [<pathspec>...]
+git history squash [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--[no-]edit] <revision-range>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/history.c b/builtin/history.c
index a60e8dbcd0..4f5a7a46ce 100644
--- a/builtin/history.c
+++ b/builtin/history.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 	N_("git history reword <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)]")
 #define GIT_HISTORY_SPLIT_USAGE \
 	N_("git history split <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--] [<pathspec>...]")
+#define GIT_HISTORY_SQUASH_USAGE \
+	N_("git history squash [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)] [--[no-]edit] <revision-range>")
 
 static void change_data_free(void *util, const char *str UNUSED)
 {
@@ -1004,6 +1006,96 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int setup_squash_revisions(struct repository *repo,
+				  int argc, const char **argv,
+				  struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+	repo_init_revisions(repo, revs, NULL);
+	revs->reverse = 1;
+	revs->topo_order = 1;
+	revs->sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
+	revs->simplify_history = 0;
+	revs->ancestry_path = 1;
+	revs->limited = 1;
+	revs->ancestry_path_implicit_bottoms = 1;
+
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, revs, NULL);
+	if (argc > 1)
+		return error(_("unrecognized argument: %s"), argv[1]);
+
+	if (revs->reverse != 1 || revs->topo_order != 1 ||
+	    revs->sort_order != REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER ||
+	    revs->simplify_history != 0 || revs->boundary == 1 ||
+	    revs->ancestry_path != 1 || revs->limited != 1 ||
+	    revs->ancestry_path_implicit_bottoms != 1) {
+		warning(_("ignoring rev-list options that would change how the "
+			  "range is walked"));
+		revs->reverse = 1;
+		revs->topo_order = 1;
+		revs->sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
+		revs->simplify_history = 0;
+		revs->boundary = 0;
+		revs->ancestry_path = 1;
+		revs->limited = 1;
+		revs->ancestry_path_implicit_bottoms = 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A squash needs a base to reparent onto, so the range has to exclude
+	 * something, as in "<base>..<tip>". A revision range with no such
+	 * bottom commit cannot be squashed.
+	 */
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < revs->cmdline.nr; i++)
+		if (revs->cmdline.rev[i].flags & BOTTOM)
+			return 0;
+
+	return error(_("not a '<base>..<tip>' revision range"));
+}
+
+static int cmd_history_squash(int argc,
+			      const char **argv,
+			      const char *prefix,
+			      struct repository *repo)
+{
+	const char * const usage[] = {
+		GIT_HISTORY_SQUASH_USAGE,
+		NULL,
+	};
+	enum ref_action action = REF_ACTION_DEFAULT;
+	int dry_run = 0;
+	int edit = 1;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "update-refs", &action, "(branches|head)",
+			       N_("control which refs should be updated"),
+			       PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_ref_action),
+		OPT_BOOL('n', "dry-run", &dry_run,
+			 N_("perform a dry-run without updating any refs")),
+		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit,
+			 N_("edit the commit message")),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+	struct rev_info revs = { 0 };
+	int ret;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT | PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		ret = error(_("command expects a revision range"));
+		goto out;
+	}
+	repo_config(repo, git_default_config, NULL);
+
+	ret = setup_squash_revisions(repo, argc, argv, &revs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = error(_("squashing commits is not implemented yet"));
+
+out:
+	release_revisions(&revs);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int update_worktree(struct repository *repo,
 			   const struct commit *old_head,
 			   const struct commit *new_head,
@@ -1192,6 +1284,7 @@ int cmd_history(int argc,
 		GIT_HISTORY_FIXUP_USAGE,
 		GIT_HISTORY_REWORD_USAGE,
 		GIT_HISTORY_SPLIT_USAGE,
+		GIT_HISTORY_SQUASH_USAGE,
 		NULL,
 	};
 	parse_opt_subcommand_fn *fn = NULL;
@@ -1200,6 +1293,7 @@ int cmd_history(int argc,
 		OPT_SUBCOMMAND("fixup", &fn, cmd_history_fixup),
 		OPT_SUBCOMMAND("reword", &fn, cmd_history_reword),
 		OPT_SUBCOMMAND("split", &fn, cmd_history_split),
+		OPT_SUBCOMMAND("squash", &fn, cmd_history_squash),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
-- 
gitgitgadget


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-07  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-14 19:25 [PATCH 0/2] rebase: add --fixup to fold a range into its oldest commit Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] t3415: remove prepare-commit-msg hook after use Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] rebase: add --fixup-all to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  2:01 ` [PATCH 0/2] rebase: add --fixup to fold a range into its oldest commit Junio C Hamano
2026-06-15  8:18   ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-15 15:17     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-16  8:34       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17  9:30         ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-15  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range into its first commit Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  8:37   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t3415: remove prepare-commit-msg hook after use Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  8:37   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-16 10:10   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range into its first commit Phillip Wood
2026-06-17  9:11     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-17  9:48       ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-18 19:17   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 20:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-18 21:24         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-18 21:29           ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-19 12:55       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 21:23     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-19  0:34     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-19 12:37       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-19 16:11         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-21  5:53     ` [PATCH v4 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-22 11:54       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-23 10:41         ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-24 21:54       ` [PATCH v5 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:54         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-26  8:52         ` [PATCH v5 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Phillip Wood
2026-06-26  9:57           ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-26 13:12             ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-26 14:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-26 18:36                 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29  6:26           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-29 15:51             ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 16:54               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-01 13:45                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 18:03               ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29 19:48                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 21:13                   ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-30 13:48                     ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-30 18:38                       ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-01 10:31                         ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-01 13:47                           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-01 15:14                             ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-01 17:41                               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-02 13:58                                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-30  2:55                   ` Matt Hunter
2026-06-30  7:19                     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-30  9:23                       ` Matt Hunter
2026-06-30 14:01                     ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-02 12:54                       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-02 20:28                         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 16:09             ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-28  8:29         ` [PATCH v6 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-29  5:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-29  5:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 13:49               ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29 14:49                 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 17:38                   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-06  8:50           ` [PATCH v7 0/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06  8:50             ` [PATCH v7 1/5] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06  8:50             ` [PATCH v7 2/5] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06  8:50             ` [PATCH v7 3/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06  8:50             ` [PATCH v7 4/5] sequencer: extract helpers for the squash message markers Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06  8:50             ` [PATCH v7 5/5] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06 14:06             ` [PATCH v7 0/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Phillip Wood
2026-07-07  7:51               ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-07  8:55                 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-07  9:30                   ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-07  9:48                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-06 20:42             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-10  9:06             ` [PATCH v8 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  9:06               ` [PATCH v8 1/5] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  9:06               ` [PATCH v8 2/5] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  9:06               ` [PATCH v8 3/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  9:06               ` [PATCH v8 4/5] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  9:06               ` [PATCH v8 5/5] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14  4:44               ` [PATCH v8 0/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Matt Hunter
2026-07-14  8:38                 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-14  9:04                   ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-14 12:36                 ` Ben Knoble
2026-07-14 18:41                   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-15 15:16               ` [PATCH v9 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 15:16                 ` [PATCH v9 1/5] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 15:16                 ` [PATCH v9 2/5] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 15:16                 ` [PATCH v9 3/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-18  8:52                   ` Matt Hunter
2026-07-18  9:28                     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-15 15:16                 ` [PATCH v9 4/5] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 15:16                 ` [PATCH v9 5/5] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-18  8:52                   ` Matt Hunter
2026-07-18  9:36                     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-20  8:26                 ` [PATCH v10 0/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-20  8:27                   ` [PATCH v10 1/5] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-20  8:27                   ` [PATCH v10 2/5] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-20  8:27                   ` [PATCH v10 3/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-03  9:49                     ` Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.1/3.7] fixup! " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.2/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.3/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.4/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.5/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.6/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03  9:49                       ` [PATCH v10 3.7/3.7] " Phillip Wood
2026-08-03 16:35                       ` [PATCH v10 3/5] " Harald Nordgren
2026-08-04  9:36                         ` Phillip Wood
2026-08-04 13:21                         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-04 20:41                           ` Harald Nordgren
2026-08-04 20:50                             ` Harald Nordgren
2026-08-07 14:32                               ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-08-04 21:12                             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-07 13:47                               ` Phillip Wood
2026-08-07 18:31                                 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-08-06  9:19                             ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-07-20  8:27                   ` [PATCH v10 4/5] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-20  8:27                   ` [PATCH v10 5/5] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-07-21  1:33                   ` [PATCH v10 0/5] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Matt Hunter
2026-08-01  6:53                   ` [PATCH v11 0/4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-01  6:53                     ` [PATCH v11 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-01  6:53                     ` [PATCH v11 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-01  6:53                     ` [PATCH v11 3/4] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-01  6:53                     ` [PATCH v11 4/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-04  8:30                     ` [PATCH v12 0/4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-04  8:30                       ` [PATCH v12 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-04  8:30                       ` [PATCH v12 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-04  8:30                       ` [PATCH v12 3/4] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-04  8:30                       ` [PATCH v12 4/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07  7:39 ` [PATCH v13 0/8] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07  7:39   ` [PATCH v13 1/8] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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2026-08-07  7:39   ` [PATCH v13 3/8] sequencer: share the squash message marker helpers and flags Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07  7:39   ` Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-08-07  7:39   ` [PATCH v13 5/8] history: validate squash revision ranges Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07  7:39   ` [PATCH v13 6/8] history: protect branches when squashing a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07  7:39   ` [PATCH v13 7/8] history: create squashed commits without editing Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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