Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > $ git format-patch -1 f7529b4ba3c98470b0e367ba447ad0da84dc308 > fatal: base commit shouldn't be in revision list > ... > The failure occurs because the "automatic" base is newer than the > requested commit. I am wondering if it would make sense to relax this > restriction and make the format-patch automatically disable > useAutoBase if it would conflict like this? I agree that it does make a horrible end-user experience to die with the message like the above, trying to use a nonsense autobase.
