Subject: [PATCH 2/5] git-merge-base: follow 'prior' links to find merge bases

From: Sam Vilain <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:31:06 +1200

From: Sam Vilain <[email-masked]>

It is possible that a good merge base may be found looking via "prior"
links as well.  We follow them where possible.
---

 merge-base.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c
index 07f5ab4..ed6d18c 100644
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/merge-base.c
@@ -207,6 +207,18 @@ static int merge_base(struct commit *rev
 			p->object.flags |= flags;
 			insert_by_date(p, &list);
 		}
+		/* If the commit has a "prior" reference, add it */
+		if (commit->prior) {
+			struct commit *prior;
+			prior = lookup_commit_reference_gently(commit->prior, 1);
+			if (prior) {
+				if ((prior->object.flags & flags) != flags) {
+					parse_commit(prior);
+					prior->object.flags |= flags;
+					insert_by_date(prior, &list);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!result)