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NAME

6       git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
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SYNOPSIS

9       git-merge-base [--all] <commit> <commit>
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DESCRIPTION

12       "git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible between
13       the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B git-merge-base A B
14       will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through the
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17       Given a selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be
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20       The "git-merge-base" algorithm is still in flux - use the source...
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OPTIONS

23       --all
24           Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of just
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AUTHOR

28       Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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DOCUMENTATION

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

35       Part of the git(7) suite
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40Git 1.5.3.3                       10/09/2007                 GIT-MERGE-BASE(1)