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