sequencer (rebase -i): suggest --edit-todo upon unknown command

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 27dc91cc95601b7a6ddaf498ce4182cc7371778b..5784fb487b30bb70ad38b61cda41c1a3b0bab9a5 100644 (file)
--- 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())))