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GitMergeBase

GitMergeBase [repo, ref 1 , ref 2 ,…]
	returns a commit object which is the common ancestor of ref i .

GitMergeBase [ commit 1 , commit 2 ,…]
	returns a commit object which is the common ancestor of the commit objects commit i .

Details

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GitMergeBase

returns the same commit object which is used as the base commit for doing a

GitMerge

operation.

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ref

i

may be branch or tag names, SHAs, or commit objects. If any of

ref

i

do not exist,

GitMergeBase

will return

$Failed

.

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In typical repos, there will always be a merge base for any two commits. However, in a shallow repo or a repo which has more than one orphan commit, there might be no valid merge base. In this case,

GitMergeBase

will return

None

.

SeeAlso

GitMerge

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GitRange

▪

GitAheadBehind

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