rebase-interactive: drop early check for valid ident

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index ded459563816ebe36f4e467f596f0c84fa30ff57..f0f4777da1e1126f8b9f13b6ec644e13d8091e68 100644 (file)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -1180,9 +1180,6 @@ To continue rebase after editing, run:
        ;;
 esac
 
-git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null ||
-       die "$(gettext "You need to set your committer info first")"
-
 comment_for_reflog start
 
 if test ! -z "$switch_to"