Here's the config (the rebase flag was set just prior to the procedure):
dark-castle:pike79 $ less .git/config [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false logallrefupdates = true ignorecase = true [remote "origin"] fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* url = git-pike@pike-git.lysator.liu.se:pike.git [branch "7.9"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/7.9 rebase = true