X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-merge-base.txt;h=1a7ecbf8f39381b0c7b2da513dfa26eacec15cf6;hb=2d7a3532c78bace2f3631ab0e594f713dcab9916;hp=91057359060e9354e35afc8b6b693a976c06d9ec;hpb=b1889c36d85514e5e70462294c561a02c2edfe2b;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index 910573590..1a7ecbf8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible between -the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B 'git merge-base A -B' will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through +'git-merge-base' finds as good a common ancestor as possible between +the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B, `git merge-base A +B` will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through the parent relationship. 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... +The 'git-merge-base' algorithm is still in flux - use the source... OPTIONS -------