format-patch: introduce format.useAutoBase configuration

diff --git a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
index 82b23145149f059fda2bbae769a5c943efedfff2..f5e63670faa0c5acc38adc17d32ae66b59d66b64 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
+++ b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
@@ -178,22 +178,6 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW 'shortlog encoding' '
        git shortlog HEAD~2.. > out &&
 test_cmp expect out'
 
-test_expect_success 'shortlog ignores commits with missing authors' '
-       git commit --allow-empty -m normal &&
-       git commit --allow-empty -m soon-to-be-broken &&
-       git cat-file commit HEAD >commit.tmp &&
-       sed "/^author/d" commit.tmp >broken.tmp &&
-       commit=$(git hash-object -w -t commit --stdin <broken.tmp) &&
-       git update-ref HEAD $commit &&
-       cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-       A U Thor (1):
-             normal
-
-       EOF
-       git shortlog HEAD~2.. >actual &&
-       test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'shortlog with revision pseudo options' '
        git shortlog --all &&
        git shortlog --branches &&