On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 2:12 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: [PATCH 3/2] revert: force explaining overly complex revert chain > > Once we revert reverts of revert and reach "Reapply "Reapply "..."", > it becomes too unweirdly to read a reversion of such a comit. s/unweirdly/unwieldy/ s/comit/commit/ > We instruct the user to explain why the reversion is done in their > own words when using the revert.reference mode, and the instruction > applies equally for such an overly complex revert chain. The > rationale for such a sequence of events should be recorded to help > future developers. > > Building on top of the recent Oswald's work to turn "revert revert" > into "reapply", let's turn the reference mode automatically on in > such a case. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
