Hi Robert, On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Robert Blenis wrote: > using command 'git rebase -i -r DEST' fails with "error: refusing to > update ref with bad name 'refs/rewritten/Release-170-1020-Rev-D.'" > git is taking the commit message and turning it into a reference name > that is not valid (because of the period in the message)! This > requires a bunch of manual editing of the todo list. git version > 2.24.0 Could you verify that the patch under discussion at https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/327 fixes the issue for you? Ciao, Johannes