+\subsection{Foreign Contents:}
+
+Only relevant if $\patchof{C} = \bot$. Trivial by Foreign Contents of
+$A$. $\qed$
+
+xxx fixme not trivial use Totally Foreign Contents
+
+\section{Create Base}
+
+Given $L$, create a Topbloke base branch initial commit $B$.
+\gathbegin
+ B \hasparents \{ L \}
+\gathnext
+ \patchof{B} = \pa{B}
+\gathnext
+ D \isin B \equiv D \isin L \lor D = B
+\end{gather}
+
+\subsection{Conditions}
+
+\[ \eqn{ Ingredients }{
+ \patchof{L} = \pa{L} \lor \patchof{L} = \bot
+}\]
+\[ \eqn{ Non-recursion }{
+ L \not\in \pa{B}
+}\]
+
+\subsection{No Replay}
+
+If $\patchof{L} = \pa{L}$, trivial by Base Acyclic for $L$.
+
+If $\patchof{L} = \bot$, xxx
+
+Trivial from Base Acyclic for $L$. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Unique Base}
+
+Not applicable. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Tip Contents}
+
+Not applicable. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Base Acyclic}
+
+xxx
+
+xxx unfinished
+
+\section{Create Tip}
+
+xxx tbd
+
+\section{Anticommit}
+
+Given $L$ and $\pr$ as represented by $R^+, R^-$.
+Construct $C$ which has $\pr$ removed.
+Used for removing a branch dependency.
+\gathbegin
+ C \hasparents \{ L \}
+\gathnext
+ \patchof{C} = \patchof{L}
+\gathnext
+ \mergeof{C}{L}{R^+}{R^-}
+\end{gather}
+
+\subsection{Conditions}
+
+\[ \eqn{ Ingredients }{
+R^+ \in \pry \land R^- = \baseof{R^+}
+}\]
+\[ \eqn{ Into Base }{
+ L \in \pn
+}\]
+\[ \eqn{ Unique Tip }{
+ \pendsof{L}{\pry} = \{ R^+ \}
+}\]
+\[ \eqn{ Currently Included }{
+ L \haspatch \pry
+}\]
+
+\subsection{Ordering of ${L, R^+, R^-}$:}
+
+By Unique Tip, $R^+ \le L$. By definition of $\base$, $R^- \le R^+$
+so $R^- \le L$. So $R^+ \le C$ and $R^- \le C$.
+$\qed$
+
+(Note that $R^+ \not\le R^-$, i.e. the merge base
+is a descendant, not an ancestor, of the 2nd parent.)
+
+\subsection{No Replay}
+
+No Replay for Merge Results applies. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Desired Contents}
+
+\[ D \isin C \equiv [ D \notin \pry \land D \isin L ] \lor D = C \]
+\proofstarts
+
+\subsubsection{For $D = C$:}
+
+Trivially $D \isin C$. OK.
+
+\subsubsection{For $D \neq C, D \not\le L$:}
+
+By No Replay $D \not\isin L$. Also $D \not\le R^-$ hence
+$D \not\isin R^-$. Thus $D \not\isin C$. OK.
+
+\subsubsection{For $D \neq C, D \le L, D \in \pry$:}
+
+By Currently Included, $D \isin L$.
+
+By Tip Self Inpatch, $D \isin R^+ \equiv D \le R^+$, but by
+by Unique Tip, $D \le R^+ \equiv D \le L$.
+So $D \isin R^+$.
+
+By Base Acyclic, $D \not\isin R^-$.
+
+Apply $\merge$: $D \not\isin C$. OK.
+
+\subsubsection{For $D \neq C, D \le L, D \notin \pry$:}
+
+By Tip Contents for $R^+$, $D \isin R^+ \equiv D \isin R^-$.
+
+Apply $\merge$: $D \isin C \equiv D \isin L$. OK.
+
+$\qed$
+
+\subsection{Unique Base}
+
+Into Base means that $C \in \pn$, so Unique Base is not
+applicable. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Tip Contents}
+
+Again, not applicable. $\qed$
+
+\subsection{Base Acyclic}
+
+By Base Acyclic for $L$, $D \isin L \implies D \not\in \py$.
+And by Into Base $C \not\in \py$.
+Now from Desired Contents, above, $D \isin C
+\implies D \isin L \lor D = C$, which thus
+$\implies D \not\in \py$. $\qed$.
+
+\subsection{Coherence and Patch Inclusion}
+
+Need to consider some $D \in \py$. By Into Base, $D \neq C$.
+
+\subsubsection{For $\p = \pr$:}
+By Desired Contents, above, $D \not\isin C$.
+So $C \nothaspatch \pr$.
+
+\subsubsection{For $\p \neq \pr$:}
+By Desired Contents, $D \isin C \equiv D \isin L$
+(since $D \in \py$ so $D \not\in \pry$).
+
+If $L \nothaspatch \p$, $D \not\isin L$ so $D \not\isin C$.
+So $L \nothaspatch \p \implies C \nothaspatch \p$.
+
+Whereas if $L \haspatch \p$, $D \isin L \equiv D \le L$.
+so $L \haspatch \p \implies C \haspatch \p$.
+
+$\qed$
+
+\subsection{Foreign Inclusion}
+
+Consider some $D$ s.t. $\patchof{D} = \bot$. $D \neq C$.
+So by Desired Contents $D \isin C \equiv D \isin L$.
+By Foreign Inclusion of $D$ in $L$, $D \isin L \equiv D \le L$.
+
+And $D \le C \equiv D \le L$.
+Thus $D \isin C \equiv D \le C$.
+
+$\qed$
+
+\subsection{Foreign Contents:}
+
+Not applicable. $\qed$
+