I have noticed git commit uses this path .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG git rebase uses this path /home/Steven/jquery/.git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo So git commit is using a relative path while git rebase is using absolute path. This causes problem in Windows if your editor does not understand linux paths, e.g. notepad, Notepad2, Notepad++, etc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html