diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt
index 002d9ec681..adb7ccab0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
   when acquiring a lock from the server (this may need to be backported to
   older releases later).
 
+* After "git rebase -p" stopped with conflicts while replaying a merge,
+ "git rebase --continue" did not work (may need to be backported to older
+  releases).
+
 * "git revert" records relative to which parent a revert was made when
   reverting a merge.  Together with new documentation that explains issues
   around reverting a merge and merging from the updated branch later, this
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 2c0c23003f..17dc8b2019 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.1]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.6.1.txt[1.6.1].
+
 * link:v1.6.0.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.0.6]
 
 * release notes for
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 1172e47571..c8b0861c08 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -115,9 +115,18 @@ mark_action_done () {
 }
 
 make_patch () {
-	parent_sha1=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1"^) ||
-		die "Cannot get patch for $1^"
-	git diff-tree -p "$parent_sha1".."$1" > "$DOTEST"/patch
+	sha1_and_parents="$(git rev-list --parents -1 "$1")"
+	case "$sha1_and_parents" in
+	?*' '?*' '?*)
+		git diff --cc $sha1_and_parents
+		;;
+	?*' '?*)
+		git diff-tree -p "$1^!"
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Root commit"
+		;;
+	esac > "$DOTEST"/patch
 	test -f "$DOTEST"/message ||
 		git cat-file commit "$1" | sed "1,/^$/d" > "$DOTEST"/message
 	test -f "$DOTEST"/author-script ||
@@ -256,9 +265,8 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
 				output git merge $STRATEGY -m "$msg" \
 					$new_parents
 			then
-				git rerere
 				printf "%s\n" "$msg" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
-				die Error redoing merge $sha1
+				die_with_patch $sha1 "Error redoing merge $sha1"
 			fi
 			;;
 		*)
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 8cde40f8e8..e6c832780f 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -11,15 +11,23 @@ Run "git rebase -p" and check that merges are properly carried along
 GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus_email_address
 export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
 
-#echo 'Setting up:
+# Clone 1 (trivial merge):
 #
-#A1--A2  <-- origin/master
-# \   \
-#  B1--M  <-- topic
-#   \
-#    B2  <-- origin/topic
+# A1--A2  <-- origin/master
+#  \   \
+#   B1--M  <-- topic
+#    \
+#     B2  <-- origin/topic
 #
-#'
+# Clone 2 (conflicting merge):
+#
+# A1--A2--B3   <-- origin/master
+#  \       \
+#   B1------M  <-- topic
+#    \
+#     B2       <-- origin/topic
+#
+# In both cases, 'topic' is rebased onto 'origin/topic'.
 
 test_expect_success 'setup for merge-preserving rebase' \
 	'echo First > A &&
@@ -37,12 +45,19 @@ test_expect_success 'setup for merge-preserving rebase' \
 	cd clone1 &&
 	git checkout -b topic origin/topic &&
 	git merge origin/master &&
-	cd ..
+	cd .. &&
 
-	git clone ./. clone2
+	echo Fifth > B &&
+	git add B &&
+	git commit -m "Add different B" &&
+
+	git clone ./. clone2 &&
 	cd clone2 &&
 	git checkout -b topic origin/topic &&
-	git merge origin/master &&
+	test_must_fail git merge origin/master &&
+	echo Resolved > B &&
+	git add B &&
+	git commit -m "Merge origin/master into topic" &&
 	cd .. &&
 
 	git checkout topic &&
@@ -51,11 +66,30 @@ test_expect_success 'setup for merge-preserving rebase' \
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rebase -p fakes interactive rebase' '
-	cd clone2 &&
+	(
+	cd clone1 &&
 	git fetch &&
 	git rebase -p origin/topic &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
 	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge commit" | wc -l)
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--continue works after a conflict' '
+	(
+	cd clone2 &&
+	git fetch &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase -p origin/topic &&
+	test 2 = $(git ls-files B | wc -l) &&
+	echo Resolved again > B &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+	grep "^@@@ " .git/rebase-merge/patch &&
+	git add B &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Add different" | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge origin" | wc -l)
+	)
 '
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh b/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
index 938b7fe4b4..8a9dde44d5 100755
--- a/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
+++ b/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
@@ -60,21 +60,25 @@ do
 	'
 done
 
-test_expect_success 'ISO-8859-1 should match UTF-8 in svn' '
-(
-	cd ISO-8859-1 &&
-	compare_svn_head_with "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
-)
-'
-
-for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
-do
-	test_expect_success '$H should match UTF-8 in svn' '
+if locale -a |grep -q en_US.utf8; then
+	test_expect_success 'ISO-8859-1 should match UTF-8 in svn' '
 	(
-		cd $H &&
-		compare_svn_head_with "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
+		cd ISO-8859-1 &&
+		compare_svn_head_with "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
 	)
 	'
-done
+
+	for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
+	do
+		test_expect_success '$H should match UTF-8 in svn' '
+		(
+			cd $H &&
+			compare_svn_head_with "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
+		)
+		'
+	done
+else
+	say "UTF-8 locale not available, test skipped"
+fi
 
 test_done