# fatal: No rebase in progress?

- **ID:** `git/detached-head-rebase-abort`
- **Domain:** git
- **Category:** runtime_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 90%

## Root Cause

Running 'git rebase --abort' when no rebase is in progress, often after a rebase has already completed or was never started.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| git 2.25 | active | — | — |
| git 2.33 | active | — | — |
| git 2.40 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Verify if a rebase is in progress by checking for .git/rebase-apply or .git/rebase-merge directories: ls -la .git/rebase-*** (90% success)
   ```
   Verify if a rebase is in progress by checking for .git/rebase-apply or .git/rebase-merge directories: ls -la .git/rebase-*
   ```
2. **If you intended to abort a merge or cherry-pick, use the appropriate command: git merge --abort or git cherry-pick --abort** (85% success)
   ```
   If you intended to abort a merge or cherry-pick, use the appropriate command: git merge --abort or git cherry-pick --abort
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — The command is idempotent; if no rebase is active, it will keep failing with the same error. (100% fail)
- **** — The error is specifically about the absence of a rebase state file, not about working tree cleanliness. (70% fail)