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-rw-r--r--sequencer.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 27dc91cc95..5784fb487b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1314,8 +1314,12 @@ static int read_populate_todo(struct todo_list *todo_list,
close(fd);
res = parse_insn_buffer(todo_list->buf.buf, todo_list);
- if (res)
+ if (res) {
+ if (is_rebase_i(opts))
+ return error(_("please fix this using "
+ "'git rebase --edit-todo'."));
return error(_("unusable instruction sheet: '%s'"), todo_file);
+ }
if (!todo_list->nr &&
(!is_rebase_i(opts) || !file_exists(rebase_path_done())))