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format-patch (doc): clarify --base=auto
What --base=auto tells format-patch is to compute the base commit itself, using the tracking information. It does not make anything track anything. Tighten the phrasing so that it won't be copied and pasted to other places. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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for A, B and C, and the identifiers for P, X, Y, Z are appended at the
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end of the first message.
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If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will track base commit automatically,
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the base commit will be the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking
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If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will automatically compute
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the base commit as the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking
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branch and revision-range specified in cmdline.
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For a local branch, you need to track a remote branch by `git branch
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For a local branch, you need to make it to track a remote branch by `git branch
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--set-upstream-to` before using this option.
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EXAMPLES
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