SYNOPSIS
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+[verse]
'git merge-base' [-a|--all] [--octopus] <commit> <commit>...
+'git merge-base' --independent <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
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in preparation for an n-way merge. This mimics the behavior
of 'git show-branch --merge-base'.
+--independent::
+ Instead of printing merge bases, print a minimal subset of
+ the supplied commits with the same ancestors. In other words,
+ among the commits given, list those which cannot be reached
+ from any other. This mimics the behavior of 'git show-branch
+ --independent'.
+
DISCUSSION
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the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given,
it is unspecified which best one is output.
-Author
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-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
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-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
See also
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linkgit:git-rev-list[1],