rebase-i: keep old parents when preserving merges

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 2c517ede590c5c3274b03d1c980f9a847cc7d643..83b277acfdeafa1f745c3c96bc10eef320a2d6ec 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ set_reflog_action am
 require_work_tree
 cd_to_toplevel
 
-git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null || exit
+git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null ||
+       die "You need to set your committer info first"
 
 stop_here () {
     echo "$1" >"$dotest/next"