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[Q] Interactive rebase and editor failure

Subject: [Q] Interactive rebase and editor failure

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Constantine Plotnikov· Dec 15, 2008, 16:37 UTC · lore

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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