sfile="$mmotm/series"
cpwd=$(pwd)
-base=$(sed -n '1s/^GIT *\([^ ]*\).*$/\1/p' "$mmotm/broken-out/origin.patch")
+[ -f "$mmotm/broken-out/origin.patch" ] &&
+ base=$(sed -n '1s/^GIT *\([^ ]*\).*$/\1/p' "$mmotm/broken-out/origin.patch")
+[ "$base" ] ||
+ base=$(git describe --abbrev=0 origin/master)
nbase=$(sed -n '1s/^GIT *\([^ ]*\).*$/\1/p' "$mmotm/broken-out/linux-next.patch")
git rev-parse --verify "$base" >/dev/null || {
log "Unknown origin BASE $base"