The return value of do_recursive_merge() may be positive (indicating merge conflicts), or 0 (indicating success). It also may be negative, indicating a fatal error that requires us to abort. Now, if the return value indicates that there are merge conflicts, we should not try to commit those changes, of course. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index 108bca8..23fe7db 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(enum todo_command command, struct commit *commit, res = allow; goto leave; } - if (!opts->no_commit) + if (!res && !opts->no_commit) res = run_git_commit(opts->edit ? NULL : git_path_merge_msg(), opts, allow, opts->edit, 0, 0); -- 2.10.0.windows.1.325.ge6089c1