# git rebase --continue error message

2 messages from 2008-06-22 to 2008-06-22. Participants: Lea Wiemann, Stephan Beyer.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14080

## Lea Wiemann, 2008-06-22 03:21

Subject: git rebase --continue error message
Message-ID: <485DC551.9020807@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/485DC551.9020807%40gmail.com

```
The error message for git rebase --continue is misleading if no rebase 
is in progress:

$ git rebase --abort
No rebase in progress?
$ git rebase --continue
You must edit all merge conflicts and then
mark them as resolved using git add

Anyone care to fix it?

```

## Stephan Beyer, 2008-06-22 14:07

Subject: [PATCH] git-rebase.sh: Add check if rebase is in progress
Message-ID: <1214143622-28897-1-git-send-email-s-beyer@gmx.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1214143622-28897-1-git-send-email-s-beyer%40gmx.net
In-Reply-To: <485DC551.9020807@gmail.com>

```
Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
---
 git-rebase.sh |   14 ++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index dd7dfe1..74f9c25 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
 	--continue)
+		test -d "$dotest" -o -d .dotest ||
+			die "No rebase in progress?"
+		
 		git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules || {
 			echo "You must edit all merge conflicts and then"
 			echo "mark them as resolved using git add"
@@ -178,6 +181,9 @@ do
 		exit
 		;;
 	--skip)
+		test -d "$dotest" -o -d .dotest ||
+			die "No rebase in progress?"
+		
 		git reset --hard HEAD || exit $?
 		if test -d "$dotest"
 		then
@@ -203,16 +209,16 @@ do
 		exit
 		;;
 	--abort)
+		test -d "$dotest" -o -d .dotest ||
+			die "No rebase in progress?"
+		
 		git rerere clear
 		if test -d "$dotest"
 		then
 			move_to_original_branch
-		elif test -d .dotest
-		then
+		else
 			dotest=.dotest
 			move_to_original_branch
-		else
-			die "No rebase in progress?"
 		fi
 		git reset --hard $(cat "$dotest/orig-head")
 		rm -r "$dotest"
-- 
1.5.6.310.g344d

```