Re: [PATCH 3/3] rebase -i: handle core.commentChar=auto

@@ -93,8 +93,17 @@ eval '
 GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP="$resolvemsg"
 export GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
 
-comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null | cut -c1)
-: ${comment_char:=#}
+comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null)
+case "$comment_char" in
+'' | auto)
+	comment_char="#"
+	;;
+?)
+	;;
+*)
+	comment_char=$(echo "$comment_char" | cut -c1)
+	;;
+esac

diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index d941f0a69f..5d0a7dca9d 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh

@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i respects core.commentchar' '
 	test B = $(git cat-file commit HEAD^ | sed -ne \$p)
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'rebase -i respects core.commentchar=auto' '
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i respects core.commentchar=auto' '
 	test_config core.commentchar auto &&
 	write_script copy-edit-script.sh <<-\EOF &&
 	cp "$1" edit-script