+static struct commit *get_commit_reference(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+ struct commit *r = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+ if (!r)
+ die("Not a valid commit name %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
+ return r;
+}
+
+static struct commit **get_bad_and_good_commits(int *rev_nr)
+{
+ int len = 1 + good_revs.sha1_nr;
+ struct commit **rev = xmalloc(len * sizeof(*rev));
+ int i, n = 0;
+
+ rev[n++] = get_commit_reference(current_bad_sha1);
+ for (i = 0; i < good_revs.sha1_nr; i++)
+ rev[n++] = get_commit_reference(good_revs.sha1[i]);
+ *rev_nr = n;
+
+ return rev;
+}
+
+static void handle_bad_merge_base(void)
+{
+ if (is_expected_rev(current_bad_sha1)) {
+ char *bad_hex = sha1_to_hex(current_bad_sha1);
+ char *good_hex = join_sha1_array_hex(&good_revs, ' ');
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "The merge base %s is bad.\n"
+ "This means the bug has been fixed "
+ "between %s and [%s].\n",
+ bad_hex, bad_hex, good_hex);
+
+ exit(3);
+ }
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "Some good revs are not ancestor of the bad rev.\n"
+ "git bisect cannot work properly in this case.\n"
+ "Maybe you mistake good and bad revs?\n");
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+void handle_skipped_merge_base(const unsigned char *mb)
+{
+ char *mb_hex = sha1_to_hex(mb);
+ char *bad_hex = sha1_to_hex(current_bad_sha1);
+ char *good_hex = join_sha1_array_hex(&good_revs, ' ');
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: the merge base between %s and [%s] "
+ "must be skipped.\n"
+ "So we cannot be sure the first bad commit is "
+ "between %s and %s.\n"
+ "We continue anyway.\n",
+ bad_hex, good_hex, mb_hex, bad_hex);
+ free(good_hex);
+}
+
+/*
+ * "check_merge_bases" checks that merge bases are not "bad".
+ *
+ * - If one is "bad", it means the user assumed something wrong
+ * and we must exit with a non 0 error code.
+ * - If one is "good", that's good, we have nothing to do.
+ * - If one is "skipped", we can't know but we should warn.
+ * - If we don't know, we should check it out and ask the user to test.
+ */
+static void check_merge_bases(void)
+{
+ struct commit_list *result;
+ int rev_nr;
+ struct commit **rev = get_bad_and_good_commits(&rev_nr);
+
+ result = get_merge_bases_many(rev[0], rev_nr - 1, rev + 1, 0);
+
+ for (; result; result = result->next) {
+ const unsigned char *mb = result->item->object.sha1;
+ if (!hashcmp(mb, current_bad_sha1)) {
+ handle_bad_merge_base();
+ } else if (0 <= lookup_sha1_array(&good_revs, mb)) {
+ continue;
+ } else if (0 <= lookup_sha1_array(&skipped_revs, mb)) {
+ handle_skipped_merge_base(mb);
+ } else {
+ printf("Bisecting: a merge base must be tested\n");
+ exit(bisect_checkout(sha1_to_hex(mb)));
+ }
+ }
+
+ free(rev);
+ free_commit_list(result);
+}
+