ref-filter: move get_head_description() from branch.c

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 6fd6d4e5f64bcab81fa64bf363db1b530a00a544..41fd374c725de1f42965b829c2bed5c48c92e19c 100644 (file)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -93,8 +93,17 @@ eval '
 GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP="$resolvemsg"
 export GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
 
-comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null | cut -c1)
-: ${comment_char:=#}
+comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null)
+case "$comment_char" in
+'' | auto)
+       comment_char="#"
+       ;;
+?)
+       ;;
+*)
+       comment_char=$(echo "$comment_char" | cut -c1)
+       ;;
+esac
 
 warn () {
        printf '%s\n' "$*" >&2
@@ -1041,7 +1050,7 @@ The possible behaviours are: ignore, warn, error.")"
                # placed before the commit of the next action
                checkout_onto
 
-               warn "$(gettext "You can fix this with 'git rebase --edit-todo'.")"
+               warn "$(gettext "You can fix this with 'git rebase --edit-todo' and then run 'git rebase --continue'.")"
                die "$(gettext "Or you can abort the rebase with 'git rebase --abort'.")"
        fi
 }
@@ -1141,9 +1150,6 @@ To continue rebase after editing, run:
        ;;
 esac
 
-git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null ||
-       die "$(gettext "You need to set your committer info first")"
-
 comment_for_reflog start
 
 if test ! -z "$switch_to"