Steps to reproduce: 1. git-rebase -i 2. edit XYZ 3. git-reset HEAD~ 4. git-commit -C ORIG_HEAD -a 5. git-rebase --continue 6. git-show ORIG_HEAD Expected behavior: ORIG_HEAD should point at the previous HEAD of the rebased branch Actual behavior: ORIG_HEAD points to XYZ My understanding from reading https://stackoverflow.com/a/64949884 is that this is incorrect behavior. Perhaps this is as intended but I would at least personally prefer that ORIG_HEAD would point to the previous HEAD of the rebased branch. Seen in: git version 2.31.1.windows.1 Possibly related to e100bea481 - rebase -i: stop overwriting ORIG_HEAD buffer