Yann Dirson [off-list ref] writes:
+export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus_email_address
This is probably not needed for this test, although it would not
hurt.
+test_expect_success \
+ 'rebase topic branch against new master and check git-am did not get halted' \
+ 'sh -x git-rebase master &&
+ test ! -d .dotest
+'
Some people build git with SHELL_PATH=/bin/bash because their
/bin/sh is not POSIX enough (e.g. Solaris). Perhaps emulate
what t5501 does?