Bug after removing a local branch and restore the remote branch during a rebase

It might be an unusual workflow, however it leads to a bug:

git checkout feature_branch git rebase master

# a couple of conflicts occur, which I don’t want to fix. there is an updated version on origin # so I’d like to go with that one

git add . git stash git checkout master git branch -D feature_branch git pull git checkout feature_branch git status

# On branch feature_branch # You are currently rebasing branch ‘feature_branch' on '195269d'. # (all conflicts fixed: run "git rebase --continue")

# nothing to commit, working directory clean

# It still thinks that I’m rebasing the branch, so let’s try:

git rebase —abort

# On branch feature_branch # Your branch and ‘origin/feature_branch' have diverged, # and have 104 and 77 different commits each, respectively. # (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours) # nothing to commit, working directory clean

I’m aware that I should have aborted the rebase and then fetch the remote branch. However, I still think that when I delete a local branch, it should also abort the rebase that is attached to it.

I hope you find that useful. If it makes sense, I would be happy writing a patch for it :)

Cheers, Robert