-my $baseref = "refs/topbloke-bases/$newbranch";
-create_and_switch($baseref);
-
-run_git(qw(update-ref -m), "tb-create base", $baseref, 'HEAD');
-run_git(qw(symbolic-ref HEAD), $baseref);
+my $baseref = "refs/topbloke-bases/$newpatch";
+create_and_switch($baseref, 'base');