| git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge |
| 'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit> |
| 'git-merge-base' finds as good a common ancestor as possible between |
| the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B, `git merge-base A |
| B` will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through |
| Given a selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be |
| relied on to decide in any particular way. |
| The 'git-merge-base' algorithm is still in flux - use the source... |
| Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
| Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |
