Re: rebase --abort had issues
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- Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
- Date
- Feb 18, 2026, 13:30 UTC
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- <ec016470-ecd6-49c4-b9cd-95cc89112050@app.fastmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2026, at 13:05, Cary Reams wrote:
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> wont be a lot to go on, but here goes. Apologies, I don't have a > precise timeline for you, > as its all running together mixed with a nontrivial amount of adrenaline. > > while attempting a rebase, made it to commit 7 of 18, when received message > about segmentation fault and inability to parse the file experiencing > the merge conflict > > fixed the file as per normal > added the file > rebase --continue failed > rebase --abort failed > repo seemed to be stuck in the middle of the commit > would permit checkout of other branches, but still displayed the > interim rebase status report > > At more than one juncture I received this message: > > fatal: Unable to create '...MERGE_RR.lock': File exists. > > Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g. > an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes > are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process > may have crashed in this repository earlier: > > However, after removing MERGE_RR.lock and attempting rebase --continue > or --abort (I don't recall which), I received the simple segmentation fault > response with no other messaging. > > > w/r/t to state of the compromised repo, I have been able to checkout > multiple branches > I have under development and move them to a fresh repo clone (init > from backup). However, every > status command responds as if the rebase is still in play, regardless of branch: > > On branch <any> > Last commands done (7 commands done): > pick 6c706e0f5 refactors endpoints to include element-delimiting comma > pick 0373d1796 #1680 interim save to do research > (see more in file .git/rebase-merge/done) > Next commands to do (11 remaining commands): > drop 5e3a99f46 fixes 0-day enabling facilitator to edit their org data > drop 428947142 #1680 creates facGroupInvoiceCreate template > (use "git rebase --edit-todo" to view and edit) > You are currently editing a commit while rebasing branch > 'wip_i1680_pass1' on '85bcb9270'. > (use "git commit --amend" to amend the current commit) > (use "git rebase --continue" once you are satisfied with your changes) > > nothing to commit, working tree clean > > Began rebuilding a new copy of my repo. Once I finished getting my > files transferred, > I attempted to get precise error messages and detail for this report. > > the status message is as above > checked out the branch I was attempting to rebase > rebase --continue failed, > rebase --abort did not fail > and status no longer displays the interim rebase update messages > > not sure what to think, now. > > self-healing ??
What Git version?
You can also run `git bugreport` and just use the generated information at the end.