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 b34c381..89fd625 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1346,8 +1346,12 @@ 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())))
                return error(_("No commits parsed."));
-- 
2.10.0.rc2.102.g5c102ec


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