SYNOPSIS
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-'git-merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>
+'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>
DESCRIPTION
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-"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
+'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...
+The 'git-merge-base' algorithm is still in flux - use the source...
OPTIONS
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