[PATCH 0/2] Fix counting problem in `format-patch -<n>`

Hi,

Here's a patch avoid the 'git format-patch -3' confusion I complained about earlier along with a test. 1/2 isn't strictly a prerequisite, but results seem to be unpredictable without it.

Based on master.

Ramkumar Ramachandra (2):
  t4014-format-patch: Call test_tick before committing
  format-patch: Don't go over merge commits

 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |    2 +-
 builtin/log.c                      |    7 +------
 t/t4014-format-patch.sh            |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)