Those labels must be valid ref names, and therefore valid file names. This just came in via Git for Windows. Matt R (1): rebase -r: let `label` generate safer labels sequencer.c | 12 +++++++++++- t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: 5fa0f5238b0cd46cfe7f6fa76c3f526ea98148d9 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-327%2Fdscho%2Ffix-rebase-r-labels-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-327/dscho/fix-rebase-r-labels-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/327 -- gitgitgadget