From 9463459894355604df7a65cfdf57bdb400b2b458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilya Kiselev <kis-ilya-a@yandex.ru>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:18:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add 'reset to custom ref' option in git reset menu

Adds a new menu item (key 'c') to the git reset menu that prompts the
user to enter an arbitrary ref to reset to. The prompt includes
autocomplete suggestions from all known refs (local branches, remote
branches, tags, HEAD, etc.). After confirming the ref, the standard
soft/mixed/hard type selection menu is shown.

Closes #1985
---
 pkg/gui/controllers.go                     |  2 +-
 pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go | 27 +++++++++++++++++++---
 pkg/i18n/english.go                        |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers.go b/pkg/gui/controllers.go
index 51c4c3bab64..53f7bff03e0 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) resetHelpersAndControllers() {
 	recordDirectoryHelper := helpers.NewRecordDirectoryHelper(helperCommon)
 	reposHelper := helpers.NewRecentReposHelper(helperCommon, recordDirectoryHelper, gui.onSwitchToNewRepo)
 	rebaseHelper := helpers.NewMergeAndRebaseHelper(helperCommon)
-	refsHelper := helpers.NewRefsHelper(helperCommon, rebaseHelper)
 	suggestionsHelper := helpers.NewSuggestionsHelper(helperCommon)
+	refsHelper := helpers.NewRefsHelper(helperCommon, rebaseHelper, suggestionsHelper)
 	worktreeHelper := helpers.NewWorktreeHelper(helperCommon, reposHelper, refsHelper, suggestionsHelper)
 
 	setCommitSummary := gui.getCommitMessageSetTextareaTextFn(func() *gocui.View { return gui.Views.CommitMessage })
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go
index 791f0d481d1..b7fa1902570 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ import (
 type RefsHelper struct {
 	c *HelperCommon
 
-	rebaseHelper *MergeAndRebaseHelper
+	rebaseHelper      *MergeAndRebaseHelper
+	suggestionsHelper *SuggestionsHelper
 }
 
 func NewRefsHelper(
 	c *HelperCommon,
 	rebaseHelper *MergeAndRebaseHelper,
+	suggestionsHelper *SuggestionsHelper,
 ) *RefsHelper {
 	return &RefsHelper{
-		c:            c,
-		rebaseHelper: rebaseHelper,
+		c:                 c,
+		rebaseHelper:      rebaseHelper,
+		suggestionsHelper: suggestionsHelper,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -292,6 +295,24 @@ func (self *RefsHelper) CreateGitResetMenu(name string, ref string) error {
 		}
 	})
 
+	menuItems = append(menuItems, &types.MenuItem{
+		LabelColumns: []string{
+			self.c.Tr.ResetToCustomRef,
+			style.FgRed.Sprint("reset --? <ref>"),
+		},
+		OnPress: func() error {
+			self.c.Prompt(types.PromptOpts{
+				Title:               self.c.Tr.EnterRefToResetTo,
+				FindSuggestionsFunc: self.suggestionsHelper.GetRefsSuggestionsFunc(),
+				HandleConfirm: func(response string) error {
+					return self.CreateGitResetMenu(response, response)
+				},
+			})
+			return nil
+		},
+		Key: 'c',
+	})
+
 	return self.c.Menu(types.CreateMenuOptions{
 		Title: fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", self.c.Tr.ResetTo, name),
 		Items: menuItems,
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 002adb11410..d5d333ccf99 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	ShellCommand                          string
 	CommitChangesWithoutHook              string
 	ResetTo                               string
+	ResetToCustomRef                      string
+	EnterRefToResetTo                     string
 	ResetSoftTooltip                      string
 	ResetMixedTooltip                     string
 	ResetHardTooltip                      string
@@ -1628,6 +1630,8 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		ShellCommand:                         "Shell command:",
 		CommitChangesWithoutHook:             "Commit changes without pre-commit hook",
 		ResetTo:                              `Reset to`,
+		ResetToCustomRef:                     "Reset to custom ref",
+		EnterRefToResetTo:                    "Enter ref to reset to:",
 		PressEnterToReturn:                   "Press enter to return to lazygit",
 		ViewStashOptions:                     "View stash options",
 		ViewStashOptionsTooltip:              "View stash options (e.g. stash all, stash staged, stash unstaged).",