Hello again, i see an error with v2.15.0 that happened already back in early October (AlpineLinux [edge] pretty much up-to-date with newest git but please don't ask exact version). I failed to reproduce it back then, but now again, here is how. - It seems related to having a hook (pre-commit), and the "reword" action. - Doing a rebase interactively to move (two) commits back from HEAD downwards in a linear hierarchy, as in * 306b5c7e (HEAD -> refs/heads/notpushed) [-] COMMIT 1 * 7e34d5fa [-] COMMIT 2 the above two to be moved down * 65d216c3 (refs/remotes/origin/notpushed)... ... * 5ff5ef05 (refs/remotes/origin/next, refs/heads/next) [-].. to end up stacked upon and as new [next] - COMMIT 2 is to be picked, but COMMIT 1 shall be "r"eworded. Now what happens is that COMMIT 2 is rebased ok, but instead of simply opening the editor to allow rewording of the commit message of COMMIT 2 the pre-commit hook runs, and it has to complain in this case (lines too long), but i "commit -n" that once i committed first. Anyway git says You can amend the commit now, with git commit --amend Once you are satisfied with your changes, run git rebase --continue Which i have not asked for! More: ?1[steffen@essex nail.git]$ git status interactive rebase in progress; onto 6d437ab6 Last commands done (12 commands done): pick 7e34d5fa [-] COMMIT 2 r 306b5c7e [-] COMMIT 1 (see more in file .git/rebase-merge/done) Next commands to do (27 remaining commands): ... (use "git rebase --edit-todo" to view and edit) You are currently rebasing branch 'notpushed' on '6d437ab6'. (all conflicts fixed: run "git rebase --continue") Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) modified: gen-okeys.h Untracked files not listed (use -u option to show untracked files) So far so good, but now: ?0[steffen@essex nail.git]$ git rec alias: rebase --continue [detached HEAD ca77a94a] COMMIT 1 with adjusted commit message Date: Sun Nov 19 02:19:30 2017 +0100 9 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 339 deletions(-) Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/notpushed. Uh! It joined COMMIT 1 with COMMIT 2! Thanks for git! Ciao, --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)