Creating empty git commits and pushing them to a PR might be all you need to scratch that “let’s just try it once more, without changing anything” itch.
Please just don't. If your CI / CD pipelines do not offer the option to retrigger builds in some way other than modifying the repository, rather spend some time improving them.
I am aware of the "Squash commits" and similar features most CI systems have, but those boxes are easily forgotten. Plus you end up squashing everything and there are valid reasons for having more than one commit in the same PR and keeping them separate
Please just don't. If your CI / CD pipelines do not offer the option to retrigger builds in some way other than modifying the repository, rather spend some time improving them.
I am aware of the "Squash commits" and similar features most CI systems have, but those boxes are easily forgotten. Plus you end up squashing everything and there are valid reasons for having more than one commit in the same PR and keeping them separate