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1 | git-merge-base(1) |
| 2 | ================= | |
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3 | |
| 4 | NAME | |
| 5 | ---- | |
| 6 | git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | SYNOPSIS | |
| 10 | -------- | |
| 11 | 'git-merge-base' <commit> <commit> | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 14 | ----------- | |
| 15 | "git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible. Given a | |
| 16 | selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be relied on | |
| 17 | to decide in any particular way. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | The "git-merge-base" algorithm is still in flux - use the source... | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | ||
| 22 | Author | |
| 23 | ------ | |
| 24 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | Documentation | |
| 27 | -------------- | |
| 28 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | GIT | |
| 31 | --- | |
| a7154e91 | 32 | Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
| 2cf565c5 | 33 |