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