Merge branch 'do/rebase-i-arbitrary'

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 1d116bfae2175891905d40ba4b55b331fba63372..2ff211cbaa928275857577535f02ae92cb407f2f 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -823,8 +823,6 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 
                if test ! -z "$1"
                then
-                       output git show-ref --verify --quiet "refs/heads/$1" ||
-                               die "Invalid branchname: $1"
                        output git checkout "$1" ||
                                die "Could not checkout $1"
                fi