merge-base --octopus to mimic show-branch --merge-base
commitaa8f98c1bfcf162e0bd23d20c34857940f2c2256
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:01:15 +0000 (17 02:01 -0500)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:02:03 +0000 (18 14:02 -0700)
tree7defce780500efc5e152b080e67143e22255829e
parent1846e9edf6b9c8b8e84b96eab8753a1420b6b28d
merge-base --octopus to mimic show-branch --merge-base

While show-branch --merge-base does not support more than MAX_REVS
revs, git supports more with a different algorithm
(v1.6.0-rc0~51^2~13, Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.c,
2008-06-27).  Expose that functionality.

This should help scripts to catch up with builtin merge in supporting
dodecapus.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
builtin/merge-base.c
t/t6010-merge-base.sh