This is the same behavior as known from `git rebase -i`.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
---
 sequencer.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 4f37ba8d33..4792a3de3b 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1314,8 +1314,12 @@ static int read_populate_todo(struct todo_list 
*todo_list,
        close(fd);
 
        res = parse_insn_buffer(todo_list->buf.buf, todo_list);
-       if (res)
+       if (res) {
+               if (is_rebase_i(opts))
+                       return error(_("please fix this using "
+                                      "'git rebase --edit-todo'."));
                return error(_("unusable instruction sheet: '%s'"), todo_file);
+       }
 
        if (!todo_list->nr &&
            (!is_rebase_i(opts) || !file_exists(rebase_path_done())))
-- 
2.11.0.rc3.windows.1


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