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[Q] Interactive rebase and editor failure

From
CPConstantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 15, 2008, 16:37 UTC
Message-ID
<85647ef50812150837y47fc66co1c4a1107716ad76a@mail.gmail.com>

The git rebase -i detects situation if the editor exits with non-zero exit code and displays error in such case.

However in this case for some reason, the rebase operation is not aborted. What is the reason behind this logic? Is it the bug or feature?

Constantine
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  1. Constantine PlotnikovDec 15, 2008

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