Hi Robert,

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Robert Blenis wrote:

using command 'git rebase -i -r DEST' fails with "error: refusing to
update ref with bad name 'refs/rewritten/Release-170-1020-Rev-D.'"
git is taking the commit message and turning it into a reference name
that is not valid (because of the period in the message)! This
requires a bunch of manual editing of the todo list. git version
2.24.0

Could you verify that the patch under discussion at
https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/327 fixes the issue for you?

Ciao,
Johannes