Teach rebase the same shorthand as checkout and merge; that is, that "-"
means "the branch we were previously on".

Reported-by: Tim Chase <g...@tim.thechases.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Gesiak <modoca...@gmail.com>
---
 git-rebase.sh     |  4 ++++
 t/t3400-rebase.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 5f6732b..2c75e9f 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ then
                test "$fork_point" = auto && fork_point=t
                ;;
        *)      upstream_name="$1"
+               if test "$upstream_name" = "-"
+               then
+                       upstream_name="@{-1}"
+               fi
                shift
                ;;
        esac
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index 6d94b1f..6176754 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase from ambiguous branch name' '
        git rebase master
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase using shorthand' '
+       git checkout master &&
+       git checkout -b shorthand HEAD^ &&
+       git rebase - 1>shorthand.stdout &&
+       git checkout master &&
+       git branch -D shorthand &&
+       git checkout -b shorthand HEAD^ &&
+       git rebase @{-1} 1>without_shorthand.stdout &&
+       test_i18ncmp without_shorthand.stdout shorthand.stdout
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'rebase a single mode change' '
        git checkout master &&
        git branch -D topic &&
-- 
1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48)

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