git/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt

git-merge-base(1)
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NAME
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git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge


SYNOPSIS
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'git-merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>

DESCRIPTION
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"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
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--all::
	Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of
	just one.

Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT
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