From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:40:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] t: reduce direct disk access to data structures
Message-ID: <xmqqlebzzeh8.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZS9vp9dnoVVUsMIt@tanuki>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> As usual, I forgot to mention that this applies on top of current
> master, which is at a9ecda2788 (The eighteenth batch, 2023-10-13) at the
> time of writing. I look forward to the day where I remember to include
> this information in the cover letter...

I heard rumors that we have a --base option that records such a
piece of information in the format-patch output (I haven't used it
myself).  Would it have helped, or perhaps it still needs some
usability tweak?