1 files changed, 41 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index 54e7ec2..96dd160 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
 }
 
 static const char * const merge_base_usage[] = {
-	"git merge-base [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...",
+	"git merge-base [-a|--all] [--octopus] <commit> <commit>...",
+	"git merge-base --independent <commit>...",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -41,21 +42,58 @@ static struct commit *get_commit_reference(const char *arg)
 	return r;
 }
 
+static int handle_octopus(int count, const char **args, int reduce, int show_all)
+{
+	struct commit_list *revs = NULL;
+	struct commit_list *result;
+	int i;
+
+	if (reduce)
+		show_all = 1;
+
+	for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		commit_list_insert(get_commit_reference(args[i]), &revs);
+
+	result = reduce ? reduce_heads(revs) : get_octopus_merge_bases(revs);
+
+	if (!result)
+		return 1;
+
+	while (result) {
+		printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(result->item->object.sha1));
+		if (!show_all)
+			return 0;
+		result = result->next;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct commit **rev;
 	int rev_nr = 0;
 	int show_all = 0;
+	int octopus = 0;
+	int reduce = 0;
 
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "outputs all common ancestors"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "output all common ancestors"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "octopus", &octopus, "find ancestors for a single n-way merge"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "independent", &reduce, "list revs not reachable from others"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, merge_base_usage, 0);
-	if (argc < 2)
+	if (!octopus && !reduce && argc < 2)
 		usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
+	if (reduce && (show_all || octopus))
+		die("--independent cannot be used with other options");
+
+	if (octopus || reduce)
+		return handle_octopus(argc, argv, reduce, show_all);
+
 	rev = xmalloc(argc * sizeof(*rev));
 	while (argc-- > 0)
 		rev[rev_nr++] = get_commit_reference(*argv++);