+ /*
+ * When skipping a failed fixup/squash, we need to edit the
+ * commit message, the current fixup list and count, and if it
+ * was the last fixup/squash in the chain, we need to clean up
+ * the commit message and if there was a squash, let the user
+ * edit it.
+ */
+ if (is_clean && !oidcmp(&head, &to_amend) &&
+ opts->current_fixup_count > 0 &&
+ file_exists(rebase_path_stopped_sha())) {
+ const char *p = opts->current_fixups.buf;
+ int len = opts->current_fixups.len;
+
+ opts->current_fixup_count--;
+ if (!len)
+ BUG("Incorrect current_fixups:\n%s", p);
+ while (len && p[len - 1] != '\n')
+ len--;
+ strbuf_setlen(&opts->current_fixups, len);
+ if (write_message(p, len, rebase_path_current_fixups(),
+ 0) < 0)
+ return error(_("could not write file: '%s'"),
+ rebase_path_current_fixups());
+
+ /*
+ * If a fixup/squash in a fixup/squash chain failed, the
+ * commit message is already correct, no need to commit
+ * it again.
+ *
+ * Only if it is the final command in the fixup/squash
+ * chain, and only if the chain is longer than a single
+ * fixup/squash command (which was just skipped), do we
+ * actually need to re-commit with a cleaned up commit
+ * message.
+ */
+ if (opts->current_fixup_count > 0 &&
+ !is_fixup(peek_command(todo_list, 0))) {
+ final_fixup = 1;
+ /*
+ * If there was not a single "squash" in the
+ * chain, we only need to clean up the commit
+ * message, no need to bother the user with
+ * opening the commit message in the editor.
+ */
+ if (!starts_with(p, "squash ") &&
+ !strstr(p, "\nsquash "))
+ flags = (flags & ~EDIT_MSG) | CLEANUP_MSG;
+ } else if (is_fixup(peek_command(todo_list, 0))) {
+ /*
+ * We need to update the squash message to skip
+ * the latest commit message.
+ */
+ struct commit *commit;
+ const char *path = rebase_path_squash_msg();
+
+ if (parse_head(&commit) ||
+ !(p = get_commit_buffer(commit, NULL)) ||
+ write_message(p, strlen(p), path, 0)) {
+ unuse_commit_buffer(commit, p);
+ return error(_("could not write file: "
+ "'%s'"), path);
+ }
+ unuse_commit_buffer(commit, p);
+ }
+ }