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On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:13:41 CEST Zane Bitter wrote:
> On 30/05/18 00:52, Cédric Jeanneret wrote:
> >> Another issue is that if the original author needs to rev the patch
> >> again for any reason, they then need to figure out how to check out the
> >> modified patch. This requires a fairly sophisticated knowledge of both
> >> git and gerrit, which isn't a problem for those of us who have been
> >> using them for years but is potentially a nightmarish introduction for a
> >> relatively new contributor. Sometimes it's the right choice though
> >> (especially if the patch owner hasn't been seen for a while).
> > 
> > hm, "Download" -> copy/paste, and Voilà. Gerrit interface is pretty nice
> > with the user (I an "old new contributor", never really struggled with
> > Gerrit itself.. On the other hand, heat, ansible, that's another story :)
> > ).
> OK, so I am sitting here with a branch containing a patch I have sent
> for review, and that I need to revise, but somebody else has pushed a
> revision upstream. Which of the 4 'Download' commands do I use to
> replace my commit with the latest one from upstream?
> 
> (Hint: it's a trick question)
> 
> Now imagine it wasn't the last patch in the series.

Maybe using git review is enough:

git review -d <revision>

We document git review -d for rebasing and adding new review on top of a 
existing reviews, but not explicitly for amending a change:
https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html

Ciao
-- 
Luigi