First parent applies to revert, too (with the -m flag): git revert MERGECOMMITHASH -m 1 # revert to first parent of merge (revert changes of second parent/

First parent applies to revert, too (with the -m flag): git revert MERGECOMMITHASH -m 1 # revert to first parent of merge (revert changes of second parent/other branch) You can include good descriptions in your PR merge commits including discussion comments and everything. Some PR tools automate that, some do not. I don't know any technical reason why any PR tool automation would create better squash merge commit messages than normal merge commit messages. (ETA: Also you may want to reconsider your workflow if you rely on reverts that often. I had to look up the command argument, even though I knew it existed, because I haven't needed to do it in a while and I'm very thankful for that.)