rebase -i: Abort cleanly if new base cannot be checked out

diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index f20ea38411d0ca67709dbde0bfd1108e28c0dd71..8d409156d24a11355c2fa124989527b69a683c53 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ test_expect_success 'abort' '
        ! test -d .git/rebase-merge
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'abort with error when new base cannot be checked out' '
+       git rm --cached file1 &&
+       git commit -m "remove file in base" &&
+       test_must_fail git rebase -i master > output 2>&1 &&
+       grep "Untracked working tree file .file1. would be overwritten" \
+               output &&
+       ! test -d .git/rebase-merge &&
+       git reset --hard HEAD^
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'retain authorship' '
        echo A > file7 &&
        git add file7 &&