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authorDavid Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>2005-05-10 22:32:30 +0100
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[PATCH 1/4] split core-git.txt and update
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+git-merge-base(1)
+=================
+v0.1, May 2005
+
+NAME
+----
+git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-merge-base' <commit> <commit>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible. 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...
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+