GIT\-MERGE\-BASE
Section: Git Manual (1)Updated: 09/30/2007
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NAME
git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a mergeSYNOPSIS
git-merge-base [--all] <commit> <commit>DESCRIPTION
"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 the parent relationship.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...
OPTIONS
--all
- Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of just one.
AUTHOR
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.GIT
Part of the git(7) suite
