This was introduced by 56dc3ab04 ("sequencer (rebase -i): implement the 'edit' command", 2017-01-02), and was pointless from the get-go: all early exits from the loop above are returns, so todo_list->current == todo_list->nr is an invariant after the loop. Signed-off-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@xxxxxx> --- v2: - improved commit message Cc: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> Cc: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index a66dcf8ab2..99e9c520ca 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -4832,10 +4832,6 @@ static int pick_commits(struct repository *r, struct strbuf head_ref = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT; struct stat st; - /* Stopped in the middle, as planned? */ - if (todo_list->current < todo_list->nr) - return 0; - if (read_oneliner(&head_ref, rebase_path_head_name(), 0) && starts_with(head_ref.buf, "refs/")) { const char *msg; -- 2.42.0.419.g70bf8a5751