rebase: decouple --exec from --interactive

diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 544f9ad50831e29095a9f143bf414e08fed46d9e..21b1f950251a24f3e0035b05072c2e5f9c2a7572 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -876,16 +876,15 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -ix with --autosquash' '
        test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-
-test_expect_success 'rebase --exec without -i shows error message' '
+test_expect_success 'rebase --exec works without -i ' '
        git reset --hard execute &&
-       set_fake_editor &&
-       test_must_fail git rebase --exec "git show HEAD" HEAD~2 2>actual &&
-       echo "The --exec option must be used with the --interactive option" >expected &&
-       test_i18ncmp expected actual
+       rm -rf exec_output &&
+       EDITOR="echo >invoked_editor" git rebase --exec "echo a line >>exec_output"  HEAD~2 2>actual &&
+       test_i18ngrep  "Successfully rebased and updated" actual &&
+       test_line_count = 2 exec_output &&
+       test_path_is_missing invoked_editor
 '
 
-
 test_expect_success 'rebase -i --exec without <CMD>' '
        git reset --hard execute &&
        set_fake_editor &&