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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge-base.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-branch.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index 00e400353c..ce5b369985 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ commits on the command line. As the most common special case, specifying only two commits on the command line means computing the merge base between the given two commits. +As a consequence, the 'merge base' is not necessarily contained in each of the +commit arguments if more than two commits are specified. This is different +from linkgit:git-show-branch[1] when used with the `--merge-base` option. + OPTIONS ------- -a:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 2c78c25713..734336119c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ OPTIONS Synonym to `--more=-1` --merge-base:: - Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the - 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept - more than two heads. + Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible + merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases + will be contained in all specified commits. This is + different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles + the case of three or more commits. --independent:: Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that |