From b7d7e9bb947260d6707990152e28f9a5113038fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniil Tatianin <99danilt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:56:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ux: make the commit message editor window resizable

The editor used for interactive rebase rewords and for the standalone
`--rebase-message-editor` mode had a fixed size, which is cramped for
longer commit messages. Give it a default size, a minimum size and let
the editor stretch to fill the window.

Signed-off-by: Daniil Tatianin <99danilt@gmail.com>
---
 src/Views/CommitMessageEditor.axaml | 35 +++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Views/CommitMessageEditor.axaml b/src/Views/CommitMessageEditor.axaml
index ee1aac3c8a..435c4dd305 100644
--- a/src/Views/CommitMessageEditor.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/CommitMessageEditor.axaml
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
                     x:Name="ThisControl"
                     Icon="/App.ico"
                     Title="{DynamicResource Text.CodeEditor}"
-                    Width="800"
-                    SizeToContent="Height"
-                    CanResize="False"
+                    Width="800" Height="520"
+                    MinWidth="600" MinHeight="360"
                     WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
-  <Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,*">
+  <Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,*,Auto">
     <!-- TitleBar -->
     <Grid Grid.Row="0" Height="28" IsVisible="{Binding !#ThisControl.UseSystemWindowFrame}">
       <Border Background="{DynamicResource Brush.TitleBar}"
@@ -35,22 +34,20 @@
                         IsVisible="{OnPlatform True, macOS=False}"/>
     </Grid>
 
-    <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Orientation="Vertical" Margin="8">
-      <v:CommitMessageToolBox x:Name="Editor" Height="400"/>
+    <v:CommitMessageToolBox Grid.Row="1" x:Name="Editor" Margin="8,8,8,0"/>
 
-      <StackPanel Margin="0,8,0,4" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Spacing="8">
-        <Button Classes="flat primary"
-                Width="80"
-                Content="{DynamicResource Text.Sure}"
-                Click="SaveAndClose"
-                HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
-        <Button Classes="flat"
-                Width="80"
-                Content="{DynamicResource Text.Cancel}"
-                Click="CancelAndClose"
-                HotKey="Escape"
-                HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
-      </StackPanel>
+    <StackPanel Grid.Row="2" Margin="8,8,8,12" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Spacing="8">
+      <Button Classes="flat primary"
+              Width="80"
+              Content="{DynamicResource Text.Sure}"
+              Click="SaveAndClose"
+              HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
+      <Button Classes="flat"
+              Width="80"
+              Content="{DynamicResource Text.Cancel}"
+              Click="CancelAndClose"
+              HotKey="Escape"
+              HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
     </StackPanel>
   </Grid>
 </v:ChromelessWindow>

From 8b13fd650f3bc51287a871af5f90ee14e3c0baea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniil Tatianin <99danilt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:56:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feature: quick reword for commits reachable from HEAD

Rewording a single commit currently requires going through the full
interactive rebase dialog. Add a `Quick Reword...` item to the commit
context menu that opens the commit message editor window and does the
rest without further confirmation:

- HEAD is amended with `git commit --amend --only`, which leaves staged
  changes untouched
- any other commit reachable from HEAD is reworded via a non-interactive
  `git rebase -i --autostash`, reusing the existing todo/message editor
  machinery with a generated job list (pick everything, reword target)

After the operation the reworded commit is re-selected in the history
view instead of the selection being reset to the top, since the commit
keeps the same distance from HEAD.

Signed-off-by: Daniil Tatianin <99danilt@gmail.com>
---
 src/Commands/Reword.cs            |  36 ++++++++++
 src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml |   4 ++
 src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml |   4 ++
 src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml |   4 ++
 src/ViewModels/Reword.cs          | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/Views/Histories.axaml.cs      |  24 +++++++
 src/Views/Reword.axaml            |  62 +++++++++++++++++
 src/Views/Reword.axaml.cs         |  12 ++++
 8 files changed, 253 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Commands/Reword.cs
 create mode 100644 src/ViewModels/Reword.cs
 create mode 100644 src/Views/Reword.axaml
 create mode 100644 src/Views/Reword.axaml.cs

diff --git a/src/Commands/Reword.cs b/src/Commands/Reword.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dd03f940e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Commands/Reword.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace SourceGit.Commands
+{
+    public class Reword : Command
+    {
+        public Reword(string repo, string message)
+        {
+            _tmpFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
+            _message = message;
+
+            WorkingDirectory = repo;
+            Context = repo;
+            Args = $"commit --amend --only --allow-empty --file={_tmpFile.Quoted()}";
+        }
+
+        public async Task<bool> RunAsync()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await File.WriteAllTextAsync(_tmpFile, _message).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var succ = await ExecAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                File.Delete(_tmpFile);
+                return succ;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly string _tmpFile;
+        private readonly string _message;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
index eb8ff1ca7e..762fc99922 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.InteractiveRebase.Squash" xml:space="preserve">Squash into Parent...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.MergeMultiple" xml:space="preserve">Merge...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.PushRevision" xml:space="preserve">Push ${0}$ to ${1}$...</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.QuickReword" xml:space="preserve">Quick Reword...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Rebase" xml:space="preserve">Rebase ${0}$ on ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Reset" xml:space="preserve">Reset ${0}$ to ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Revert" xml:space="preserve">Revert Commit...</x:String>
@@ -877,6 +878,9 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert" xml:space="preserve">Revert Commit</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.Commit" xml:space="preserve">Commit:</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.CommitChanges" xml:space="preserve">Commit revert changes</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword" xml:space="preserve">Reword Commit</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Commit" xml:space="preserve">Commit:</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Message" xml:space="preserve">Message:</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Running" xml:space="preserve">Running. Please wait...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Save" xml:space="preserve">SAVE</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.SaveAs" xml:space="preserve">Save As...</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
index 761cc724a2..cb91e13fa8 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.InteractiveRebase.Squash" xml:space="preserve">合并至父提交...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.MergeMultiple" xml:space="preserve">合并(merge)...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.PushRevision" xml:space="preserve">推送(push) ${0}$ 到 ${1}$...</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.QuickReword" xml:space="preserve">快速修改提交信息...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Rebase" xml:space="preserve">变基(rebase) ${0}$ 到 ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Reset" xml:space="preserve">重置(reset) ${0}$ 到 ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Revert" xml:space="preserve">回滚此提交...</x:String>
@@ -881,6 +882,9 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert" xml:space="preserve">回滚操作确认</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.Commit" xml:space="preserve">目标提交 ：</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.CommitChanges" xml:space="preserve">回滚后提交更改</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword" xml:space="preserve">修改提交信息</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Commit" xml:space="preserve">目标提交 ：</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Message" xml:space="preserve">提交信息：</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Running" xml:space="preserve">执行操作中，请耐心等待...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Save" xml:space="preserve">保    存</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.SaveAs" xml:space="preserve">另存为...</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
index 135596f6e9..b3ca3f2cdf 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.InteractiveRebase.Squash" xml:space="preserve">合併至父提交...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.MergeMultiple" xml:space="preserve">合併 (merge)...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.PushRevision" xml:space="preserve">推送 (push) ${0}$ 至 ${1}$...</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.QuickReword" xml:space="preserve">快速修改提交訊息...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Rebase" xml:space="preserve">重定基底 (rebase) ${0}$ 至 ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Reset" xml:space="preserve">重設 (reset) ${0}$ 至 ${1}$...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.CommitCM.Revert" xml:space="preserve">復原此提交...</x:String>
@@ -880,6 +881,9 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert" xml:space="preserve">復原操作確認</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.Commit" xml:space="preserve">目標提交:</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Revert.CommitChanges" xml:space="preserve">復原後提交變更</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword" xml:space="preserve">修改提交訊息</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Commit" xml:space="preserve">目標提交:</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Reword.Message" xml:space="preserve">提交訊息：</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Running" xml:space="preserve">正在執行操作，請耐心等待...</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Save" xml:space="preserve">儲存</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.SaveAs" xml:space="preserve">另存新檔...</x:String>
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Reword.cs b/src/ViewModels/Reword.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eeab178aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Reword.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
+{
+    public class Reword : Popup
+    {
+        public Models.Commit Target
+        {
+            get;
+        }
+
+        public string Message
+        {
+            get;
+        }
+
+        public Reword(Repository repo, Models.Commit target, string message)
+        {
+            _repo = repo;
+            Target = target;
+            Message = message;
+        }
+
+        public override async Task<bool> Sure()
+        {
+            using var lockWatcher = _repo.LockWatcher();
+            ProgressDescription = $"Reword commit '{Target.SHA}' ...";
+
+            var log = _repo.CreateLog($"Reword '{Target.SHA}'");
+            Use(log);
+
+            var succ = Target.IsCurrentHead
+                ? await RewordHeadAsync(log)
+                : await RewordWithRebaseAsync(log);
+
+            log.Complete();
+
+            if (succ)
+            {
+                // The rewritten commit sits at the same distance from HEAD as the original did,
+                // so re-select it once the history is reloaded instead of jumping back to the top.
+                var sha = await new Commands.QueryRevisionByRefName(_repo.FullPath, $"HEAD~{_distance}").GetResultAsync();
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sha))
+                    _repo.NavigateToCommit(sha, true);
+            }
+
+            _repo.MarkBranchesDirtyManually();
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private async Task<bool> RewordHeadAsync(CommandLog log)
+        {
+            _distance = 0;
+            return await new Commands.Reword(_repo.FullPath, Message)
+                .Use(log)
+                .RunAsync();
+        }
+
+        private async Task<bool> RewordWithRebaseAsync(CommandLog log)
+        {
+            var onto = Target.Parents[0];
+            var commits = await new Commands.QueryCommitsForInteractiveRebase(_repo.FullPath, onto).GetResultAsync();
+
+            var collection = new Models.InteractiveRebaseJobCollection();
+            collection.OrigHead = _repo.CurrentBranch.Head;
+            collection.Onto = onto;
+
+            _distance = -1;
+            for (var i = commits.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+            {
+                var c = commits[i];
+                var isTarget = c.Commit.SHA.Equals(Target.SHA, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+                if (isTarget)
+                    _distance = i;
+
+                collection.Jobs.Add(new Models.InteractiveRebaseJob()
+                {
+                    SHA = c.Commit.SHA,
+                    Action = isTarget ? Models.InteractiveRebaseAction.Reword : Models.InteractiveRebaseAction.Pick,
+                    Message = isTarget ? Message : c.Message,
+                });
+            }
+
+            if (_distance < 0)
+            {
+                _repo.SendNotification($"Commit '{Target.SHA}' is not reachable from HEAD!", true);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var jobsFile = Path.Combine(_repo.GitDir, "sourcegit.interactive_rebase");
+            await using (var stream = File.Create(jobsFile))
+            {
+                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, collection, JsonCodeGen.Default.InteractiveRebaseJobCollection);
+            }
+
+            return await new Commands.InteractiveRebase(_repo.FullPath, onto, true, false)
+                .Use(log)
+                .ExecAsync();
+        }
+
+        private readonly Repository _repo = null;
+        private int _distance = 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Views/Histories.axaml.cs b/src/Views/Histories.axaml.cs
index ef351828a8..684d83f5be 100644
--- a/src/Views/Histories.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Views/Histories.axaml.cs
@@ -1312,7 +1312,31 @@ private ContextMenu CreateContextMenuForSingleCommit(ViewModels.Repository repo,
                     interactiveRebase.Items.Add(fixup);
                     interactiveRebase.Items.Add(drop);
 
+                    var quickReword = new MenuItem();
+                    quickReword.Header = App.Text("CommitCM.QuickReword");
+                    quickReword.Icon = this.CreateMenuIcon("Icons.Rename");
+                    quickReword.Click += async (_, e) =>
+                    {
+                        e.Handled = true;
+
+                        if (!repo.CanCreatePopup() || TopLevel.GetTopLevel(this) is not Window owner)
+                            return;
+
+                        var message = await new Commands.QueryCommitFullMessage(repo.FullPath, commit.SHA).GetResultAsync();
+                        var editor = new CommitMessageEditor();
+                        editor.AsBuiltin(repo.Settings.ConventionalTypesOverride, message, msg =>
+                        {
+                            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msg) || msg.Equals(message, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                                return;
+
+                            if (repo.CanCreatePopup())
+                                _ = repo.ShowAndStartPopupAsync(new ViewModels.Reword(repo, commit, msg));
+                        });
+                        await editor.ShowDialog(owner);
+                    };
+
                     menu.Items.Add(new MenuItem() { Header = "-" });
+                    menu.Items.Add(quickReword);
                     menu.Items.Add(interactiveRebase);
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/src/Views/Reword.axaml b/src/Views/Reword.axaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dc00ece25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Views/Reword.axaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<UserControl xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+             xmlns:vm="using:SourceGit.ViewModels"
+             xmlns:c="using:SourceGit.Converters"
+             mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="500" d:DesignHeight="450"
+             x:Class="SourceGit.Views.Reword"
+             x:DataType="vm:Reword">
+  <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="8,0">
+    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+      <Path Width="16" Height="16"
+            Data="{StaticResource Icons.Rename}"/>
+
+      <TextBlock FontSize="18"
+                 Margin="8,0,0,0"
+                 Classes="bold"
+                 Text="{DynamicResource Text.Reword}"/>
+    </StackPanel>
+
+    <Grid Margin="0,16,0,0" RowDefinitions="32,Auto" ColumnDefinitions="130,*">
+      <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
+                 HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                 Margin="0,0,8,0"
+                 Text="{DynamicResource Text.Reword.Commit}"/>
+
+      <Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,Auto,*">
+        <Path Grid.Column="0" Width="14" Height="14" Data="{StaticResource Icons.Commit}"/>
+        <TextBlock Grid.Column="1"
+                   VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                   Text="{Binding Target.SHA, Converter={x:Static c:StringConverters.ToShortSHA}}"
+                   FontFamily="{DynamicResource Fonts.Monospace}"
+                   Foreground="DarkOrange"
+                   Margin="8,0,0,0"/>
+        <TextBlock Grid.Column="2"
+                   VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                   Text="{Binding Target.Subject}"
+                   Margin="4,0,0,0"
+                   TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"/>
+      </Grid>
+
+      <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
+                 HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top"
+                 Margin="0,6,8,0"
+                 Text="{DynamicResource Text.Reword.Message}"/>
+
+      <Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
+              MaxHeight="200"
+              Background="{DynamicResource Brush.Contents}"
+              BorderThickness="1"
+              BorderBrush="{DynamicResource Brush.Border2}"
+              CornerRadius="4">
+        <ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
+          <TextBlock Margin="6"
+                     Text="{Binding Message}"
+                     TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                     FontFamily="{DynamicResource Fonts.Monospace}"/>
+        </ScrollViewer>
+      </Border>
+    </Grid>
+  </StackPanel>
+</UserControl>
diff --git a/src/Views/Reword.axaml.cs b/src/Views/Reword.axaml.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f05f708af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Views/Reword.axaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+
+namespace SourceGit.Views
+{
+    public partial class Reword : UserControl
+    {
+        public Reword()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+        }
+    }
+}