Merge branch 'rj/maint-difftool-cygwin-workaround'

[thirdparty/git.git] / builtin / merge-base.c

diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index c30128659f0e6edd9baf261e73c9da6b4a308964..96dd160731ce29b18be646893057929bab97cb8a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
 
 static const char * const merge_base_usage[] = {
        "git merge-base [-a|--all] [--octopus] <commit> <commit>...",
+       "git merge-base --independent <commit>...",
        NULL
 };
 
@@ -41,15 +42,19 @@ static struct commit *get_commit_reference(const char *arg)
        return r;
 }
 
-static int show_octopus_merge_bases(int count, const char **args, int show_all)
+static int handle_octopus(int count, const char **args, int reduce, int show_all)
 {
        struct commit_list *revs = NULL;
        struct commit_list *result;
        int i;
 
-       for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i++)
+       if (reduce)
+               show_all = 1;
+
+       for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                commit_list_insert(get_commit_reference(args[i]), &revs);
-       result = get_octopus_merge_bases(revs);
+
+       result = reduce ? reduce_heads(revs) : get_octopus_merge_bases(revs);
 
        if (!result)
                return 1;
@@ -70,20 +75,24 @@ int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int rev_nr = 0;
        int show_all = 0;
        int octopus = 0;
+       int reduce = 0;
 
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "output all common ancestors"),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "octopus", &octopus, "find ancestors for a single n-way merge"),
+               OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "independent", &reduce, "list revs not reachable from others"),
                OPT_END()
        };
 
        git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, merge_base_usage, 0);
-       if (!octopus && argc < 2)
+       if (!octopus && !reduce && argc < 2)
                usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
+       if (reduce && (show_all || octopus))
+               die("--independent cannot be used with other options");
 
-       if (octopus)
-               return show_octopus_merge_bases(argc, argv, show_all);
+       if (octopus || reduce)
+               return handle_octopus(argc, argv, reduce, show_all);
 
        rev = xmalloc(argc * sizeof(*rev));
        while (argc-- > 0)