Patches aren't to specific revisions, that's the Github straitjacket talking. They're patches. They often are to specific blobs; those are recorded. So if they

Patches aren't to specific revisions, that's the Github straitjacket talking. They're patches. They often are to specific blobs; those are recorded. So if they don't apply, use am -3. Specific revisions are Junio Hamano's job, not a patch submitter's.