On Friday, August 11, 2023 1:54 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> + >> + if (starts_with(msg.subject, "Reapply \"Reapply \"")) >> + /* fifth time is too many - force reference format*/ >> + use_reference = 1; > >Come to think of it, as the documentation patch in the series cited double reapply as >too unwieldy, we probably should stop before producing such commit. We can >update "Reapply \"Reapply" above to "Revert \"Reapply" and then "fifth" -> "fourth". >The test update below must also be adjusted, if we want to take that route. May I suggest a potential quick solution. Perhaps we could leave this up to users by putting in an --amend or --reword option to cause a prompt for a comment for the reverted commit instead of trying to come up with a one-size-fits-all solution.