From 858e4fe86e45d1c877da691f5c8191582b88e2ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:15:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add `sequence` format

Hybrid format that can be pasted directly in the sequence editor of a
`git rebase --interactive` session, without retaining info such as
commit title, author, semverness, PR URL.
---
 commit-to-output.js |  9 +++++++--
 process-commits.js  |  2 ++
 test.js             | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commit-to-output.js b/commit-to-output.js
index 31bbfdb..d8d05b9 100644
--- a/commit-to-output.js
+++ b/commit-to-output.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const formatType = {
   SHA: 'sha',
   PLAINTEXT: 'plaintext',
   MARKDOWN: 'markdown',
+  SEQUENCE: 'sequence',
   SIMPLE: 'simple',
   MESSAGEONLY: 'messageonly'
 }
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ function toStringPlaintext (data) {
 
 function toStringSimple (data) {
   let s = ''
-  s += `* [${data.sha.substr(0, 10)}] - `
   s += (data.semver || []).length ? `(${data.semver.join(', ').toUpperCase()}) ` : ''
   s += data.revert ? 'Revert "' : ''
   s += data.group ? `${data.group}: ` : ''
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ function toStringSimple (data) {
   s += data.revert ? '" ' : ' '
   s += data.author ? `(${data.author}) ` : ''
   s += data.pr ? data.prUrl : ''
-  s = s.trim()
+  return s.trim()
+}
 
+function toStringSimpleWithListMarker (data) {
+  const s = `* [${data.sha.substr(0, 10)}] - ${toStringSimple(data)}`
   return (data.semver && data.semver.length)
     ? chalk.green.bold(s)
     : (data.group === 'doc'
@@ -119,6 +122,8 @@ export function commitToOutput (commit, format, ghId, commitUrl) {
   data.cveId = commit.cveId
 
   if (format === formatType.SIMPLE) {
+    return toStringSimpleWithListMarker(data)
+  } else if (format === formatType.SEQUENCE) {
     return toStringSimple(data)
   } else if (format === formatType.PLAINTEXT) {
     return toStringPlaintext(data)
diff --git a/process-commits.js b/process-commits.js
index f3fa685..c3233b0 100644
--- a/process-commits.js
+++ b/process-commits.js
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export async function processCommits (argv, ghId, list) {
 
   if (format === formatType.SHA) {
     list = list.map((commit) => `${commit.sha.substr(0, 10)}`)
+  } else if (format === formatType.SEQUENCE) {
+    list = list.map((commit) => `pick ${commit.sha} # ${commitToOutput(commit, format, ghId, commitUrl)}`)
   } else if (
     format === formatType.PLAINTEXT ||
     format === formatType.MESSAGEONLY
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 2e2791c..ee5ad64 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ test('test simple', (t) => {
 `)
   t.end()
 })
+test('test sequence', (t) => {
+  t.equal(exec('--start-ref=v2.2.7 --end-ref=9c700d29 --group --filter-release --format=sequence'),
+    `pick cc442b65343cd1bb7cb4ecc3c6e729b4e4625f97 # (SEMVER-MINOR) minor nit (Rod Vagg) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23715
+pick 4f2b7f8136358bc3ecd720e33457fdeff9581733 # deps: use strip-ansi instead of chalk.stripColor (Rod Vagg)
+pick 6898501e18f231db40a84b511d2a6a4b8f5f17f3 # deps: update deps, introduce test & lint deps (Rod Vagg)
+pick 9c700d29104b5a22fcf79ba21f5f009d7f1cdfc5 # feature: refactor and improve --commit-url (Rod Vagg)
+pick 50945246557b4a25133435b106d0e5dd5d88a9be # feature: make the commit url configurable via an additional argument (Jim Nielsen) https://github.com/nodejs/changelog-maker/pull/55
+pick 42f248cf8904224a585e9f3834cc1283713c56cf # src: use \`standard\` for linting (Rod Vagg)
+pick 64a8fdef3c35627ca50c48e9acb80c57a3f6d2a2 # test: basic test infrastructure (Rod Vagg)
+`)
+  t.end()
+})
 
 test('test plaintext', (t) => {
   t.equal(exec('--start-ref=9c700d2 --end-ref=dd937e9 --group --filter-release --plaintext'),