getMergeBaseMany

Find a merge base given a list of commits

This behaves similar to git merge-base. Given three commits a, b, and c, getMergeBaseMany([a, b, c]) will compute a hypothetical commit m, which is a merge between b and c.

For example, with the following topology:

       o---o---o---o---C
      /
     /   o---o---o---B
    /   /
---2---1---o---o---o---A

the result of getMergeBaseMany([a, b, c]) is 1. This is because the equivalent topology with a merge commit m between b and c would is:

       o---o---o---o---o
      /                 \
     /   o---o---o---o---M
    /   /
---2---1---o---o---o---A

and the result of getMergeBaseMany([a, m]) is 1.

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If you're looking to recieve the common merge base between all the given commits, use getMergeBaseOctopus.

Signature

class Repository {
  getMergeBaseMany(oids: string[]): string;
}

Parameters

• oidsrequired · string[]
  

  Oids of the commits.

Returns

• string
  

  The OID of a merge base considering all the commits.