Hi, (reported at [1] already but reposting here as suggested) I'm using git with stash and rebase builtins. $ git --version --build-options git version 2.19.0.rc2.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 425f414f8e04123eacb5597776d6a8de445a8d8b sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 With the following recipe mkdir test cd test git init echo 1 > file git add file git commit file -m "message" git submodule add ./ mysubmod git commit -m "Add submodule" echo 2 > mysubmod/file git checkout -b mybranch git rebase -i --autosquash master I get Initialized empty Git repository in E:/projekte/test/.git/ [master (root-commit) 97c0108] message 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 file Cloning into 'E:/projekte/test/mysubmod'... done. [master 282a50f] Add submodule 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitmodules create mode 160000 mysubmod Switched to a new branch 'mybranch' M mysubmod fatal: Unexpected stash response: '' and that used to work with older git versions. Thanks for reading, Thomas [1]: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1820#issuecomment-419411808