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1 | git-merge-base(1) |
2 | ================= | |
3 | v0.1, May 2005 | |
4 | ||
5 | NAME | |
6 | ---- | |
7 | git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge | |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | SYNOPSIS | |
11 | -------- | |
12 | 'git-merge-base' <commit> <commit> | |
13 | ||
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
16 | "git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible. Given a | |
17 | selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be relied on | |
18 | to decide in any particular way. | |
19 | ||
20 | The "git-merge-base" algorithm is still in flux - use the source... | |
21 | ||
22 | ||
23 | Author | |
24 | ------ | |
25 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
26 | ||
27 | Documentation | |
28 | -------------- | |
29 | Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
30 | ||
31 | GIT | |
32 | --- | |
33 | Part of the link:git.html[git] suite | |
34 |