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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-21 01:34:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-21 01:34:54 -0700 |
| commit | 328b710d800dc3786fe2b8595e5553dc4a4af424 (patch) | |
| tree | 451935aff364f1fd65340dbb79242780f04ea87a /Documentation/git-merge-base.txt | |
| parent | fmt-patch: understand old <his> notation (diff) | |
| parent | diff family: add --check option (diff) | |
| download | tgif-328b710d800dc3786fe2b8595e5553dc4a4af424.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into js/fmt-patch
* master: (119 commits)
diff family: add --check option
Document that "git add" only adds non-ignored files.
Add a conversion tool to migrate remote information into the config
fetch, pull: ask config for remote information
Fix build procedure for builtin-init-db
read-tree -m -u: do not overwrite or remove untracked working tree files.
apply --cached: do not check newly added file in the working tree
Implement a --dry-run option to git-quiltimport
Implement git-quiltimport
Revert "builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep."
builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep.
builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep.
git-am: use apply --cached
apply --cached: apply a patch without using working tree.
apply --numstat: show new name, not old name.
Documentation/Makefile: create tarballs for the man pages and html files
Allow pickaxe and diff-filter options to be used by git log.
Libify the index refresh logic
Builtin git-init-db
Remove unnecessary local in get_ref_sha1.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-merge-base.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge-base.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index d1d56f194a..6099be2add 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -8,16 +8,26 @@ git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-merge-base' <commit> <commit> +'git-merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- -"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible. Given a -selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be relied on -to decide in any particular way. + +"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 +------- +--all:: + Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of + just one. Author ------ |