merge(3p/git): Merge git upstream at v2.26.2

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@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ which is reachable from both 'A' and 'B' through the parent relationship.
For example, with this topology:
o---o---o---B
/
---o---1---o---o---o---A
....
o---o---o---B
/
---o---1---o---o---o---A
....
the merge base between 'A' and 'B' is '1'.
@ -90,21 +92,25 @@ Given three commits 'A', 'B' and 'C', `git merge-base A B C` will compute the
merge base between 'A' and a hypothetical commit 'M', which is a merge
between 'B' and 'C'. For example, with this topology:
o---o---o---o---C
/
/ o---o---o---B
/ /
---2---1---o---o---o---A
....
o---o---o---o---C
/
/ o---o---o---B
/ /
---2---1---o---o---o---A
....
the result of `git merge-base A B C` is '1'. This is because the
equivalent topology with a merge commit 'M' between 'B' and 'C' is:
o---o---o---o---o
/ \
/ o---o---o---o---M
/ /
---2---1---o---o---o---A
....
o---o---o---o---o
/ \
/ o---o---o---o---M
/ /
---2---1---o---o---o---A
....
and the result of `git merge-base A M` is '1'. Commit '2' is also a
common ancestor between 'A' and 'M', but '1' is a better common ancestor,
@ -116,11 +122,13 @@ the best common ancestor of all commits.
When the history involves criss-cross merges, there can be more than one
'best' common ancestor for two commits. For example, with this topology:
---1---o---A
\ /
X
/ \
---2---o---o---B
....
---1---o---A
\ /
X
/ \
---2---o---o---B
....
both '1' and '2' are merge-bases of A and B. Neither one is better than
the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given,
@ -131,18 +139,22 @@ and B is (or at least used to be) to compute the merge base between
A and B, and check if it is the same as A, in which case, A is an
ancestor of B. You will see this idiom used often in older scripts.
A=$(git rev-parse --verify A)
if test "$A" = "$(git merge-base A B)"
then
... A is an ancestor of B ...
fi
....
A=$(git rev-parse --verify A)
if test "$A" = "$(git merge-base A B)"
then
... A is an ancestor of B ...
fi
....
In modern git, you can say this in a more direct way:
if git merge-base --is-ancestor A B
then
... A is an ancestor of B ...
fi
....
if git merge-base --is-ancestor A B
then
... A is an ancestor of B ...
fi
....
instead.
@ -154,13 +166,15 @@ topic origin/master`, the history of remote-tracking branch
`origin/master` may have been rewound and rebuilt, leading to a
history of this shape:
o---B2
/
---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
\
B0
\
D0---D1---D (topic)
....
o---B2
/
---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
\
B0
\
D0---D1---D (topic)
....
where `origin/master` used to point at commits B0, B1, B2 and now it
points at B, and your `topic` branch was started on top of it back
@ -193,13 +207,15 @@ will find B0, and
will replay D0, D1 and D on top of B to create a new history of this
shape:
o---B2
/
---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
\ \
B0 D0'--D1'--D' (topic - updated)
\
D0---D1---D (topic - old)
....
o---B2
/
---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
\ \
B0 D0'--D1'--D' (topic - updated)
\
D0---D1---D (topic - old)
....
A caveat is that older reflog entries in your repository may be
expired by `git gc`. If B0 no longer appears in the reflog of the