merge-recursive.c: remove implicit dependency on the_repository

diff --git a/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh b/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
index f355c6825a4a5ff6adef656c432a4e2fdaf0fea9..4c7494cc8f77a3ff92373cb130974825c4418ada 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
+++ b/t/t3420-rebase-autostash.sh
@@ -361,4 +361,12 @@ test_expect_success 'autostash with dirty submodules' '
        git rebase -i --autostash HEAD
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch is left alone when possible' '
+       git checkout -b unchanged-branch &&
+       echo changed >file0 &&
+       git rebase --autostash unchanged-branch &&
+       test changed = "$(cat file0)" &&
+       test unchanged-branch = "$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+'
+
 test_done