test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'setup a fake editor' '
-       write_script fakeeditor <<-\EOF
+test_expect_success 'setup fake editors' '
+       write_script fakeeditor <<-\EOF &&
                sed -e "s/A U Thor/A fake Thor/" "$1" >"$1.new"
                mv "$1.new" "$1"
        EOF
+       write_script failingfakeeditor <<-\EOF
+               ./fakeeditor "$@"
+               false
+       EOF
 '
 
 test_expect_success '--edit with and without already replaced object' '
 test_expect_success '--edit and change nothing or command failed' '
        git replace -d "$PARA3" &&
        test_must_fail env GIT_EDITOR=true git replace --edit "$PARA3" &&
-       test_must_fail env GIT_EDITOR="./fakeeditor;false" git replace --edit "$PARA3" &&
+       test_must_fail env GIT_EDITOR="./failingfakeeditor" git replace --edit "$PARA3" &&
        GIT_EDITOR=./fakeeditor git replace --edit "$PARA3" &&
        git replace -l | grep "$PARA3" &&
        git cat-file commit "$PARA3" | grep "A fake Thor"